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Elaine Equi

Three Poems

Reading Antoinette May’s Pilates Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire
Over Someone’s Shoulder on the Subway

Snakes undulated above her head. She tried to close her heavy eyes.                                                              “Did your husband drink it?” Reading Alison Plowden’s Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen Over Someone’s Shoulder on the Subway             good deal of one another             daily intercourse             friendship having developed             exchange of gifts                                      taffeta                                                  pregnant and sumptuous                                                  attentive                royal ’till I were weary of Reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini Over Someone’s Shoulder on the Subway 1. “It is not my place to tell you this,”                                       “There are only four dragons                                                             and an egg left.” 2. Still alive              Bewildered Unstopping the decanter “Protecting her?” “From what?” “From you?” “Do you still have your heart of hearts within you?”