I read / with anger / today: / the death of two / soldiers. / Mutilated. / Throats slit. / Two mothers’ / angels. / Two fathers perhaps. / Two men
two lovers / their women / as yet / unaware.
Mike Maggio's publication credits include fiction and poetry in Potomac Review, Pleiades, Apalachee Quarterly, The L.A. Weekly, The Washington CityPaper, VOL. NO MAGAZINE, Gypsy, Pig Iron and Live Poets. His most recent publication is a collection of short stories entitled Sifting Through the Madness (Xlibris, Inc, 2001). He has also published a chapbook of poetry entitled Oranges >From Palestine (Mardi Gras Press, 1996)
I kept asking myself:
should I really do this?
Stir-fry breadcrumbs
in a skillet for 12 minutes?
After all,
I’m warm, caring
and sensitive
and besides
without your minced meat --
well I need someone to raise the heat
someone random and spontaneous
and easy to get along with.