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Two Poems by Brian Vargecko

Passively Aggressive 3rd Degree Burns at Breakup Time


She might have been stroking


She might have been stroking


her forearm like a cat before


She was stroking her forearm like a cat then


I recall


I recall her stroking her forearm like a cat

because she was standing in front of the stove


She was standing in front of the stove

with the kettle blaring


She was standing in front of the stove

with the kettle blaring and she was

stroking her arm like a cat


I said Aren’t you going to turn off the stove

instead of standing there stroking

your forearm like a cat? Can’t you

hear the kettle blaring?


When I’m through I’m throwing this water at you

she said

And that’s why we’re here





The Wave Of The Electron


Quantum wavefunction —

Only a wave when you’re not looking ―

Different electron systems


have different functions

says the lowercase psi symbol


a function of (x)

telling you all you need to know


of a wave’s shape

but not telling you


anything

what shapes mean



 

Brian Vargecko is an emerging writer living with his family in New Smyrna Beach, FL. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida having earned his degree in Theatre.


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