I forget syntax and put some street in it. This description of the narrator's writing is about as good a description of Alice Fulton's voice as you're likely to find. She compares this voice with the popular voice of a popular singer, Elvis Presly. Her interest in contrasting the vision of popular culture with the artist's vision is central to Sensual Math. Elvis makes a number of appearances in these poems, as do a variety of male idols, including Rudolph Valentino and Frank Sinatra.
Male idols come in handy to the task.
I recognized the presence of design. Oh, she was a sensation. It was not consensual, let me tell you. Turned into a tree by her River-god father, Daphne's spirit is contained. I noticed she became more babyish as the centuries passed by.