In his first book of poetry John A. Mangini Jr. has captured the soul of the X generation. John's extensive travel, questions of faith, unique relationships, and childhood all ring loud and clear in this direct, punchy, humorous, at times, erotic first collection of poetry.
Excerpt
I Slept with Anger --
I remember the/ night we met/
at my house/ with cigarettes/
and liquor/
the candles/ burned quickly/
under the fan/
your eyes/
inviting/
as a whore on/ Liberty Ave./
Your anger/ slept with me/ that night/
fists upon my/ back/
bruised the skin/ that
treated you like a real lady,/
recognizing the/ difference/
rage subsided/ to my/
grasp/
just holding you/
not wanting to/ let go/
as I noticed the Celtic tattoo/
wrapped around/ your upper arm.
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme…. This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,
