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)