Poet's Korner

What do you mean you’ve
never heard of baklava?
You’re shitting me, right?
Where have you been
the past 25 years?

Hiding your head in the sand
like a culturally unaware
ostrich?

You say you’re from the countryside,
but I know you’re from Youngstown.
Sure it’s no Columbus, but it’s
certainly on the beaten
path.

Look, you better bone up on your
Mediterranean cuisine. Not for
my sake but for your own.
You blew it with Kostas and he’s
the kind of guy you only get
three chances with.

-C.