To Russian, With Love
Jul 14, 2022
(inspired by the poem “Surrender in Petersburg” by Garret Sweitzer)
“What’s your favorite country?”
(Did she mean music?)
Strolling down the streets of Crime and Punishment,
her gaze arrested me.
I only had a three-month visa.
But give me credit —
love need not end.
There’s always MasterCard.
(at a poetry workshop in Norwalk, CT, August 2019)
