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***BIO*** Vin Sarno lives near an energy plant on the east river in Queens, NY. He is employed at a Psychiatric Hospital up north. He also paints things. You can view his online gallery at www.vinsarno.com.
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Abba Drummer Found Dead in his Garden
by Vin Sarno
He was discovered by Spanish police
with slashes in his neck
that they say were an accident.
He fell though glass doors;
crawled through his yard for help,
and bled to death over his roses,
or tomatoes,
or sculptures
(they did not say what type
of garden it was).

The Associated Press reported this.
But they did not mention my
childhood premonitions
of this screwball tragedy;
shallow breath dreams
in which I could only crawl,
struggling, towards something
I could not quite reach -
a crowd,
a doorknob,
a breast.
And always this torturous effort
mocked by
Dancing Queen,
echoing throughout the room
over static
soundtrack needle skips,
the melody and notes thinning,
and stretching, and wafting above me
like fire smoke.

And no matter the struggle
and trauma and collapsed spirit
I endured,
I still had to
go to school the next day.

Well Its happened now,
and it wasn't me after all.

This all goes through my head
later, home from work.
Playfully trying to toss green grapes
into her mouth
from across our small
living room;
I miss ridiculously
and watch sideways as they roll
across the floor.
And I wonder who
next will suffer
the fate of my
nightmares.
Sept. 2008
110