I
RUMOURS OF WAR
COWBOY OF OCTOBER
WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE
MILKWEED
CAROMS
TELEVISION ENDING
SATURDAY TV
COWBOY
BUTCH
BOYS IN THE WOODS
HOT LUNCH
BUG JUICE
AMERICAN BOY
NAMES
MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS
NEEDLE
LEGLESS
SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN
FACCIA BRUTE
DEAR OLD MAN
GAMES WE PLAYED
THAT FIRST KISS
BAD BOYS
KILLER JOE
OLD MAN
II
SILENT TALK
TRAVELS
THE CAFETERIA
ALL THE BEST FOODS
FORGOTTEN DREAMS
SILENT SOUNDS
SURPRISE
NO TIME FOR OOPS
CLASS
EVERYTHING HURTS
CURSE OF THE BUTTONS
VANISHING WORDS
SANDWICHED
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD
YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES
SHOELACES
CRAYONS
FIFTY-TWO
MIRROR
RUBBER TIRES
JOB ROCK
QUIET ONE
LAST LAUGH
BIRTHDAY POEM
III
PINKY
IN MY ROOM
CONFETTI
TOWN PUB
LAST DOG
DEAR ROY
DO OVER
IV
WHAT’S WRONG
PUSHING SIXTY
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE
WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND
MARCIA
ONE TRUE LOVE
Acknowledgements:
Some poems in this collection may also appear in other collections of Buccino’s work and in the following literary journals.
BIRTHDAY POEM published in Medusa’s Kitchen
EVERYTHING HURTS, ALL THE BEST FOODS, and WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE published in Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs)
HOT LUNCH, AMERICAN BOY and DO NOT THINK published in Poem Factory
OLD MAN published in Raving Dove
YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES published in The Edison Literary Review
SILENT TALK published in Journal of New Jersey Poets
TOWN PUB published in LIPS
