ID this poem: "I've got my life back"

November 5, 2021 8:20 AM

I'm trying to remember a poem. It's fairly short, I think, like under 30 lines, and I think I recall that the author is a woman. The narrator parks in a dingy parking garage, and vividly describes the dull colors, maybe the reminder of what level she's parked on. Then, I think in the elevator, the narrator has a sudden brilliant electrifying moment realizing "I've got my life back" or something very close to that, and it sort of dispels the gloom. What poem is this?
posted by brainwane to Writing & Language (1 answer total)

Best answer: Someone privately wrote me to tell me this poem is Patricia Hampl's "The Moment".
posted by brainwane at 10:45 AM on November 5, 2021 [1 favorite]