"Apples"
"Apples" is one of Meinke's shorter poems, in which apples represent things in the life and personality of the narrator. The poem starts by explaining that apples, the apples the narrator wants to see, and the apples that the narrator says he has are all different apples. The reader is to assume that all of these apples grow on the same tree - that is, they are in some way related. The apples here represent the truth and hidden truth within the narrator, and he is disguising that truth once again with the analogy of apples.
"The Gift of the Magi"
This poem is not the short story "The Gift of the Magi", rather an impersonation of it. The poem, in fact, doesn't really have much to do with that story. The poem, religious in nature, shows all of the major biblical characters together in the same area. All of them appear to have gone mad, as if they were at a party. The poem ends by saying that they had too much grape; the reader is only to assume that they are under some influence that may or not be obstructing them from their religious duties.
"M?"
One of Meinke's poems that has a single letter for a title, "M?" introduces the idea that an element called M3 might be in our water. This element is not recognized by man, and was slipped into the water supply by someone unknown long ago. The element doesn't hurt man that much, but the fact that man wants to know more about it, and recognizes the fact that it is in the water, proves that humans are meaningful and sentient beings.
