Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

—Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino—

Gregory writes: This piece is called "Go for Mr. Grumman" and was composed on my manual Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter circa 1993. The text reads: "Look! Coast Guard Search! Someone's Lost!" My idea was to somehow depict motion, this to be seen in the air bubbles rising from "someone's" corpse at the bottom of the ocean.

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino’s most recent volume of poetry is The Valise (Dead Academics Press, 2012).  In his spare time he writes at his blog, The Postmodern Romantic, and edits the online poetry journal, Eratio.

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

Conklintown Road

1.

or mortal hear, a little chin.  a little foot. 

trouts.  and hooks. 

are tumble.  and pie.  and loss

and loving at all times

are to loss.  and loving at all times. 

closer. 

at hand.  a hand, or, in prosperity.  in melon

closer. 

in company. 

it is a man.  it is a woman. 

this is the scene in your favorite movie. 

this is the journey taken on foot. 

this is the orphan whose memories we cannot place. 

this is a plate of yesterday’s bread and milk. 

2.

or mortal see,

in time and in state of mind,

a curve or fold or surfaces. 

faces. 

lines.  are tortile and pie.  and given

to loving at all times. 

see,

this little chin is an angle for compliments. 

this little foot is over the falls. 

this last curve will take your breath away. 

this is a raisin and this is a melon seed. 

this little hand is something to date things by. 

and given, to loss, and to loving at all times. 

closer, at hand

© Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

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Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino