ALL THE BEST FOODS
ALL THE BEST FOODS Turns out the little pills they assign you every day that fix your cholesterol and manage your sugar and keep your blood steady and fix a bunch of things that won't fix themselves...
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PALS In the middle of the night the TV lights the room he snores in the recliner the big dog alongside him snores almost in unison. The TV show neither one sees and neither one hears, a movie repeated...
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DON’T TRUST MYSELF I don’t trust myself to be here years from now When it’s time to retire, kick off my shoes, and Slip into that coma of retirement. It’s a matter of all those things that came before...
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AQUARIUM Somehow it seemed I got everything I wanted. I wanted a German shepherd, I got a mutt named Butch. I wanted an aquarium just like my friend Rich had. His had guppies and swordfish and neon...
View ArticleFIRST KISS
THAT FIRST KISS No wonder he had to steal a kiss! (1970) My first kiss came on a cold November night, A Saturday after Thanksgiving in a stranger’s church. My first kiss was a surprise, not for me, I’d...
View ArticleWHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE What’s it like to be Married to different people At different times, of course, But how is it different? Do you spend a lot of time Comparing this one with that one? Do you try not...
View ArticleONE TRUE LOVE
ONE TRUE LOVE Did you spend the last fifty years with her in the morning kitchen worrying together through evening bouts of doubt Are the children safe? The grand kids okay? Will the K-car start...
View ArticleFINGERNAILS
FINGERNAILS Fingernails scratch the paper, They point at a blank page. A voice says, "Write something!" So, he writes: "Fingernails scratch the paper, They point to a blank page." #468 1974 --...
View ArticleRITUAL (second tier decorations)
RITUAL (second tier decorations) In the cold attic they wait. The heat of summer long gone, the chill of December wheezing through eave vents, we pull down drop-stairs and peer into the darkness above....
View ArticleOne Morning in Jersey City
ONE MORNING IN JERSEY CITY Verse written along the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. By Anthony Buccino You can hear a lot by looking around. Sometimes, standing along the Hudson River shoreline, you...
View ArticleVoices on the Bus, Train, Subway, Bus and in My Head
VOICES ON THE BUS train, subway, sidewalk and in my head by Anthony Buccino Verse about commuting in Northern New Jersey. Feel the rhythm of the rails as you travel the last days of the Newark City...
View ArticleAmerican Boy, Pushing Sixty
AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty About life and growing up in New Jersey in the 1950s,1960s, and 1970s, and growing older in the 1980s, 1990s and the oughts. By Anthony Buccino From the center of the Baby...
View ArticleRetrieving Labrador Days, dog tales in prose and verse
RETRIEVING LABRADOR DAYS dog tales in prose and verse Stories about each of his three Labrador retrievers and some of the other dogs and people whose lives they touched. By Anthony Buccino Shaggy...
View ArticleSixteen Inches on Center
SIXTEEN INCHES ON CENTER Father viewed through a grown son's eyes. By Anthony Buccino Seeing a father through a grown son's eyes. The son of a World War II veteran looks at the 20-plus years they had...
View ArticleCANNED booted, bumped, down-sized, fired
CANNED Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed By Anthony Buccino The...
View ArticleYountakah Country, a Poetic View of Nutley Old and New
YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY A Poetic View of Nutley Old and New By Anthony Buccino Local writer takes some history, some folk lore and some current news and mixes them together in this humorous and thoughtful...
View ArticleSometimes I Swear In Italian
Sometimes I Swear In Italian By Anthony Buccino Anthony Buccino's collection Sometimes I Swear In Italian is about growing up Italian American in New Jersey, discovering the roots of his ancestors....
View ArticleROLL CALL
ROLL CALL Where does she get those names the names she reads every Sunday when we are in church you know, right after we pray for the sick and we pray for those church members who have died and for...
View ArticleBug Juice
Cowboys, Indians, horses, sailors, blue marines and soldiers from almost every war packed my toy box tins and cardboard boxes in the bedroom I shared and living room too. Courtesy IPFinance blog On...
View ArticleSOME DREAMS ARE NOT MEANT TO COME TRUE
They are meant to be longed for A shining light ahead, a tall tale with no truth A simple wish for things that were They are meant to spark feelings Simmer emotions, and sympathies, or stored in a box...
View ArticleFingernails ... scratch ... the ... paper
Fingernails scratch the paper,They point at a blank page.A voice says, "Write something!"So, he writes: "Fingernailsscratch the paper,They point to a blank page." #468 1974 -- Copyright © 1974,...
View ArticleROAMING THE AISLES OF TJ MAXX
Roaming the aisles of TJ Maxx I’m wondering did she say meet her at Saks?Roaming the aisles of TJ Maxx I can’t spot her at all in the dresses or slacksRoaming the aisles of TJ Maxx She would look good...
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Queue Queue Queue Queue, people, Queue to the right! If you stand still Queue to the right to go along for the ride Queue people TOURISTS (I say this with disdain) TOURISTS (You cause me pain where the...
View ArticlePRETZELS (Jersey City style)
Everybody’s got three names and I can’t even remember one of yours. Hey, kid, get away from that water, you don’t know where it’s been! I’ve seen the hard-hats pass off the rest of a half-eaten...
View ArticleTOWN PUB
TOWN PUBYou would think this is a safe placeA refuge with beer and extra-cheese pizzaA place to forget about the question ‘Am I dead inside?’But after the tray is empty And the glass partly wet But...
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