The Ecphorizer
| Keeping Up Appearances |
| Margot Treitel |
Issue #45 (May 1985)
Once my energy alone
could give things meaning.
Now I must be more cautious
both in the questions
and in the answers.
If I don't convince myself
I must at least fool myself.
Whole years I've got through
simply by telling myself I had to.
Now I must be more cautious
both in the questions
and in the answers.
If I don't convince myself
I must at least fool myself.
Whole years I've got through
simply by telling myself I had to.
Poet MARGOT TREITEL has been an English teacher for some time, including a two-year stint in West Africa. She edits a literary publication in Columbia, MD, and contributes to many other small magazines.
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Margot Treitel
Margot Treitel has published her poetry in Chicago Review, Prairie Schooner, College English, Hollins Critic, and the Literary Review and a host of other magazines. She has also taught English in West Africa.