During the Reading of the Poem Wherein Billy C Disrobes Emily D
As he starts with her tippet, takes off
her bonnet, moves on to fingering
stay and skin, my brain cells stray
Meredith Trede
Poetry
Ladies Who Lunch
Four businesswomen of a certain age
in serious suits, networking. A taut,
tanned, author, speaker, corporate advisor
Through My Most Grievous Fault
He offers his adulteries the way
our cat presents yard kill. And I sweep
the corpses away, complicit keeper
On Seeing an Ex-Husband
His eyes dart through a physical-asset
inventory; he asks, was I wondering,
as he gestures to the contents of his cart,
Daily
On Seeing an Ex-Husband on the Cheese Line of the Gourmet Grocery Store
Meredith Trede’s poem “On Seeing an Ex-Husband on the Cheese Line of the Gourmet Grocery Store” appeared in our Fall 1994 issue. Her latest collection is Tenement Threnody. His eyes dart through a physical-asset
inventory; he asks, was I wondering,
as …