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What boots it Melania to resist
My White House invitation --
A husband’s heartfelt call
To reside beside him there
Or, if need it be, a President’s
Sharp command: Goddamn it,
You’re not in Ljubijana now,
Melania! You belong in DC
With me, doll, not lazing around
the Tower, little lunches, spa,
And of course Barron this and
Barron that. Look at Ivanka.
We’re close but I don’t worship
Every square inch of her body.
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
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