Vincent VecchioOct 62 min readCigarettes on Saturday - a novelIt’s a race against time. Based in backwoods Mississippi in a small town called Malview, a deranged, lonely redneck, Tom, finds himself...
Vincent VecchioMay 71 min readBourbon BumblebeesSome people want to be like fine wine, But baby, I want to be the bourbon That makes you get up & boogie Half-naked & half-full of bad...
Vincent VecchioMay 22, 20232 min readUnder the BridgeBurning eyes’re pried open. Gangly limbs dang near rigor mortis Muster themselves from hibernation, Grateful for the sunrise. May God...
Vincent VecchioOct 18, 20221 min readDadMerciless cancer cells. Pneumonia in the lungs. But a week before your birthday Death’s bell is rung. Dull machines beep, Ticking off...
Vincent VecchioOct 18, 20221 min readTrafficEvery square inch of land almighty man’s Stuck his flaccid stick. We’ve mastered the Arctic, Been to the moon, But here I am stuck in...
Vincent VecchioSep 8, 20221 min readMore Guns, PleaseAnother lifeless mother covered with a sheet on the street, Riddled with bullets like a dog is with fleas. And how shall we silence this...
Vincent VecchioJul 13, 20221 min readShaman(Featured in issue 27 of Phantom Kangaroo — 2022) Before me the fire’s lit, and so I sit lotus style. My thoughts’re sterile. My soul’s...
Vincent VecchioJul 5, 20221 min readEgo DeathMy body is a temple and I have littered its halls with garbage. My body is a temple and I’ve tapestried its walls with tales of precious...
Vincent VecchioJun 23, 20222 min read(insert name here)(insert name here) was her name. The oxygen & the hearth to my zodiac flame. Mon one-in-a-million Cajun Dame W/ a spicy mirth and smile...
Vincent VecchioMay 17, 20221 min readHarmonyhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harmony-vincent-vecchio/1141355051? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y4XRH6Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_1? From sleeping...
Vincent VecchioMar 9, 20222 min readDharma BumsSurrounded by mirrors, And they’re all so empty, Reminding me of times That my mind felt nifty Enough t’keep me company, And there wasn’t...
Vincent VecchioJan 26, 20221 min readOregonian ChagrinThere’s a damning aura from the flora surrounding me amidst this crisp morning as the birds whisper requiems. On their limbs across the...
Vincent VecchioDec 27, 20213 min readLizard DookieLittle ball of chaos. Ain’t I cute? How do I Sustain my pain in the ass; Little ball of raucous; Raccoon in the trash; Slick ball of...
Vincent VecchioDec 26, 20211 min readThe DevolvedAll the men and women of our tribe grew four arms and four legs with colorful hair and blood moon eyes eclipsing a myriad of worlds...
Vincent VecchioDec 2, 20212 min readCreepy McCreepoI saw you standing there in that ridiculously long checkout line at the grocery store while I mindlessly stocked whatever vegetable my...
Vincent VecchioNov 24, 20211 min readTo the PastYou cling to me like dead trout swinging from my ears, but I must rip you out & toss you in the trash for your crimes that knee-bashed my...
Vincent VecchioNov 15, 20212 min readCommercials5:56… 6… 6… 5:57… 7… 7… 5:58… 5:59… 6 a.m. The alarm blares. Dan get’s up. Combs his hair; a sharped dressed fella to catch the train. No...
Vincent VecchioOct 23, 20211 min readWeekend HaikusTender morning chirps Of birds in the canopies Of concrete jungles. * * * Smooth cigarette drags Before dawn when rude engines Will...
Vincent VecchioOct 10, 20211 min readFor ShaneI’m filled with regret and the desire to dissolve myself, make like the iridescent oil stains of this parking lot and silently spill into...
Vincent VecchioSep 18, 20210 min readFor Tad SwanYou said in the next life you’d be a butterfly, so for all the dead ones I find I say a prayer in your name, and for all the live ones,...
Oct 6 2 min Cigarettes on Saturday - a novel It’s a race against time. Based in backwoods Mississippi in a small town called Malview, a deranged, lonely redneck, Tom, finds himself...
May 7 1 min Bourbon Bumblebees Some people want to be like fine wine, But baby, I want to be the bourbon That makes you get up & boogie Half-naked & half-full of bad...
May 22, 2023 2 min Under the Bridge Burning eyes’re pried open. Gangly limbs dang near rigor mortis Muster themselves from hibernation, Grateful for the sunrise. May God...