A person with this profession titles an ode whose speaker describes “the dark of the chitlin to solid gold dawn”; that poem is by Wanda Coleman. The speaker notes, “the invention of women under siege / has been to sharpen love in the service of myth” in a Rita Dove poem about a person with this job. The speaker of a poem about a person with this job thinks about plays by Brendan Behan and Jean Genet, but ends up sticking with Verlaine (15[1])“after practically going to sleep with quandariness.” The speaker of that poem (*) buys a carton of Gauloises, a carton of Picayunes, and a New York Post with the face of a woman with this job. (10[1])“Everyone and I stopped breathing” in that poem about a woman with this profession, which is also the job of a man who “slept like a rock or a man that’s dead” in a poem set on Lenox Avenue. For 10 points, name this profession, the subject of “The Day Lady Died” and “The Weary Blues.” ■END■