Valentine's Day Redux by Martha Christina

Alone at the kitchen table,
she loses hand after hand
of Solitaire, and scowls
at the Knave of Hearts.



Martha Christina has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press). Her work appears in earlier issues of Red Eft Review, and recently in Star 82 Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Tiny Seed Journal’s Pollinator Project. Born and raised in Indiana, she now lives in Bristol, Rhode Island.