Mostly beyond me at the moment. I think the fragmentary part II will always be beyond me. I like "A Man's World". "Watershed" has the hallmarks of someone short of ideas - lists, random white space, and borrowings. "4 1/2" has ""Pee! Pee! she sings, hopping in place, trying/ to staunch off the wild ravenous river/ she carries" where a number of the word choices puzzle me - why is "off" needed? Why "ravenous"? And why "carries"? Later there's "stands/ Bereft, relieved, as a pool trickles out/ Around her feet. She's like an island/ Made of rock, with one lone tree at the top/ Of the only mountain.". which sounds better.
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