Nick Vagnoni

Titles: To Autumn in New York/ Miami Bus Stop Portraits

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Nick Vagnoni was born and raised in Key West, Florida. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Alimentum, Saw Palm, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, andThe Secret of Salt, among others. He teaches creative writing at Florida International University, and is also a founding member of The Miami Poetry Collective.



Miami Bus Stop Portraits

by Nick Vagnoni


One sock rolled down past the heel,

furiously scratching his foot. 


In a wheelchair, she

rests one of her stumps on the bench. 


Tiny black woman in a bucket hat,

spitting. 


Nothing but sweatpants and a cigarette. 


Chugging a gallon of whole milk. 


Past the bench,

a man by the railroad tracks,

playing a banjo. 

Really. 

 





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