Joshua Trotter

Joshua Trotter lives in Montreal. His first book of poems, All This Could Be Yours, was published by Biblioasis in 2011.

Austerity Measures

Leaning in to take my glass, my hostess
isn’t laughing, but I can see a lively eye
for detail in the hotel uniform she wears
so taut, she’s trading ions with the air.
She’s off again, concocting one last...