Painting: Fragments by Steven Tutino
First appeared in Montreal Writes and TreeHouse Arts in October 2019
Fragments of your heart reside in mine,
shrapnel remnants of—
that reminds me, did you know it’s a coincidence that shrapnel sounds like a marriage of scrap and metal? In fact, it’s a last name, and what a way to be remembered. Imagine that— until the light of history dims, your name synonymous with slow death. Well, it’s all a matter of perspective.
I think it would be nice to last.
First published on September 24th, 2020 in Unlimited Literature Magazine in the print and electronic version of the First Issue.
The Author
Joe Volpe is a poet residing in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. He attended the
College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he studied English with a
concentration in Creative Writing and Poetry. His work has been selected for publication in Meat
for Tea: The Valley Review, The Finger, Gravitas, Lake Superior State University’s Border
Crossing and Las Positas College’s Havik, among others. He is currently a middle school teacher
in the Boston area.
Joe Volpe, Ashland, MA
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