In a letter I received from you two weeks ago I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase. It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? 6 One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days. It says: Fade up on Hamilton, reading the letter.
ANGELICA: . . .
In a letter I received from you two weeks ago
I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase.
It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? 6
One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days.
It says:
Fade up on Hamilton, reading the letter.
Footnote
6 This took weeks to figure out, but it’s based on actual correspondence between Alexander and Angelica. They’d slip commas between words and change the meaning. The passage that inspired this verse was actually in French. Comma sexting. It’s a thing. Get into it.
