Max Michelson. The Traitor. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Traitor

By Max Michelson


From “Masks” HE knew the lady’s half-mocking, half-regretful smile,
Fluttering like one of the sweet-pea petals,
Had been fertilized by the sweat and blood of her husband’s vest-workers.
Yet his eyes resented the intrusion
Of firm matter-of-fact chins of servants.	5