by Sally Mills
That if I ever need to be flown out
of Turkey, under threat of attack
by Iran in response to a war
that I started, I may hide
in an airport catering container
if that is what I need to do, but
what I will not do, I promise, is
leave you on the old Air Force One
as a decoy. That is the depth
of affection I have for you
and you can take that to the bank.
xoxo
Sally Mills is a poet and attorney from Downeast Maine. She studied the Russian Silver Age poets and holds an MPhil on the works of Anna Akhmatova. Her work has appeared in The New Verse News and is forthcoming in Rat’s Ass Review. When not writing poetry or practicing law, Sally performs with The Damn, Girls! — Hancock County’s premier country-western girl band.
