toss the salad
and aim for permanence,
not a drop of angst, permit
no doubt at all,
just rely on ancient
methods, use words oft
published before milk
was pasteurized, remember
advice from parents
who seldom washed their hands,
who grew up eating bloody meat
and smoking cigarettes.
ignore those TV shows
that flaunt clean and fresh
veggies, and opt
for methods involoving
the occult, spin the fruits,
lock out common sense,
and stir the brew
with bitch-like
fury, using killing words
from holy books.
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th
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