Page 3

This handwritten introductory page feels like a framing gesture, naming masculine identity and authorship before the main poem begins.

Because it reads more like a note or title leaf than a lyric proper, its importance is structural. It positions the next page as something introduced, mediated, and already in conversation with other names and voices.

A handwritten title leaf — "CAIN AS JOST A MAN" with Lenore Cohan named and Joe Richie credited as introductory poet — the page is doing masthead work, not lyric work.