"Hark, the Raucous Heiress Speaks" by Shikha Malaviya
I love that this poet was familiar with High Watch/Holiday House or did some digging into it, in what I can only assume is a response to "The Last Great American Dynasty."
It seems that the poem was narrated by Rebekah Harkness, who Taylor wrote the song about. The parallels between the two are so interesting, and honestly a bit uncanny. But that's why we're here, right? Invisible strings!
I've always thought of "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" and "The Last Great American Dynasty" and being linked - the former being the "first version" if you will, with parties and excess, and the latter being the more grown-up version looking back into time and drawing parallels. Maybe (likely) she knew about the connection all along, but the two songs have always felt to me like they were in conversation with each other.
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