Mary Fumento Poems

In lieu of you
I sit and wait
For the sun to rise
And warm my soul
...

But it would not die
And it would not end
On it burned and lived
Smoldering into my mind
...

Take your polluted air, tainted water
Embrace your filthy, cowardly spawn
Who roam like hounds the ravaged streets
Retrieve those angry, hateful pawns
...

Emphatic, direct precision
You extended and reached me
Shattering a life of expectation
...

Founded on sharp and cruel rocks
Standing still but formidable
Encased in a deep and swirling fog
A gentle light calling, calling
...

Like pearly DNA strings
Eggs fall from flitting flies
...

Trees in southern Georgia
Spanish moss dripping sensuously
Like liquid off the limbs
Clinging like dainty lace
...

So organized

Everything in place
Things have a moment
...

We shed skins like snakes
And dig like squirrels to find
Any hidden identity…
We rummage as if we lost
...

The places we go
The people we know
Outlive what we think
For life is as it is
...