She was a Swedish
translator whose name
I don’t remember,
but I liked her, half
smashed in a little black
dress, even as she
raised her glass
to bash the man
I’d soon take back,
& marry--too
macho! This time
of year I think of her.
Yuletide
Hilary Sideris
| poetry
Hilary Sideris is the author of Most Likely to Die (Poets Wear Prada, 2014) and The Inclination to Make Waves (Big Wonderful, 2016). Her collection Un Amore Veloce will be published by Kelsay Books in 2019.