Michael Berton

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Circling Vesuvius

Sorrento
the final stop
on the Circumvesuviano
train line
is where Wagner
supposedly quarreled
with Nietzsche
over history's progress
where women smoke
more than males
only consider quitting
for reasons of beauty

Michael Berton is originally from Aztlan now currently living in Cascadia. His first book of poems, "Man! You Script The Mic." came out in 2013. He was recently published in Agave Magazine, Blaze Vox, Gargoyle, Acentos Review, Axolotl, In My Bed Magazine and The Ambush Review.