Nick Martino is a poet and teacher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine, where he won the Graduate Excellence in Poetry Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.

Leaving the Gym, I Smoke One Cigarette, Then Another

by Nick Martino

I take my time walking home, another Spirit
burned to the filter. The cars asleep in their silver

garages. All the little bells in my blood, chiming.
In the kitchen I make one drink, then another.


Negroni, hold the orange and vermouth.
The glass too. You know the old saying:
People on couch
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