Poetry
Westerfield, Nancy G.
Nancy G. Westerfield Salad Ladies The salad ladies, who oversee the church's Myriad social functions, cater their artfullest For funeral luncheons. Widows, they have all Been there before; and the...
...Grieving their loss, the salad ladies Tear at lettuce, not their hair...
...and the new widow To be recruited for next year's bake sales And bazaars and funeral luncheons, will be Won by such salads as they toss and gel...
...The marinade Of souls that they prepare is distilled from tears, With bitter herbs and extra-virgin olive oil...
...Too well they know the solitary salad For a meal before the long vigil bedside At the hospital or Home, the fast-food Salad-bar that serves for dinner out Alone...
Vol. 122 • January 1995 • No. 2
