Amy Kitchener's Angels Without Wings Foundation
Presents the 2008 New York Senior Poet Laureate


Vincent J. Tomeo

VINCENT J. TOMEO, 61, Flushing, New York, teacher of social studies, is a widely published award-winning poet who discovered his flair for poetry after experiencing temporary blindness a few years ago. The Poetry-as-Therapy path led him to several SPL competition awards. His sign is Gemini.

REFRIGERATOR


A revolution started when garlic spread rumors
The very thought of being blended into puree was just too much...
Fear overcame all the inhabitants...
Heard noise coming from my refrigerator
opened the door
saw leftovers revolting against unopened plastic bags of fresh produce...

Spinach slapped spaghetti in the face
red beets overturned the applesauce turned orange
eggs scrambled for dear life
leftover pizza screamed eat me cold...
asparagus fainted

Robitussin cough suppressant...
taken with Amantadine...
has a strange effect on me...

Vincent J. Tomeo
Flushing, NY