Lady of the Evening

by Jack Peachum

She’s in her beauty tonight– and how lovely–
luminous, riding high, dressed in her best yellow gown,
playing the part of doting girlfriend–
peeking down shyly from behind a veil of cloud!
But, oh, the bitch– she’s betrayed us again
– last night she was with the sun!
When we weren’t looking she crept into his room–
this morning just after dawn– I caught her leaving his side!
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JACK PEACHUM is a widely published American poet who has been much in the international literary scene in the last few years. He has published on internet & in the print media. His most recent publications are in Metric Conversions (Roumania) & Kritya (India). He resides in an isolated rural area in southside Virginia & he’s author of two chapbooks, Polyamory & Kerr Lake Poems, & one novel, Tempest, about a p.i. & a transvestite in D.C. during the Watergate era.
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