
Vincent Cervone is an English teacher in Western New York. He is a co-founder and editor of the Buffalo-based literary magazine, steel bellow. He is also a co-founder of and frequent contributor to the TV and film review website
2 poems by Vincent Cervone
we reach the hills
in Camden and there
is fog
pine trees emerge
from the soggy grey
but the fog never lifts
just occasionally gives way
to slivers of green
several towns poke out
over the mist
each one containing a coffee shop
antiques
a looming sense
the sun would emerge
show the wildlife there were
cleaner puddles
to splash in
thoughts
12:00
and the phone rings
somebody somewhere wants
to talk
or
maybe not
***
I’ve been told in the past
to “go with the flow”
but I’m not sure
I want to
it doesn’t really seem to be working
for anyone else
***
whenever I’m driving
and somebody beeps at me
I think about the kind of person
they probably are
and move on
***
whenever someone tries
to teach me a lesson
I ignore them
but later in life,
I ironically learn the same lesson
through experience