Fragments Taken from a Rejection Letter and its Reply
by Mimmo Iasiello

      
      
the hard part

			all I know is

i REALLY don’t want
to get involved

			you find comfort in other men

not ready for anything
serious

			doesn’t mean anything, i understand

do you understand

			we’re caught somewhere in between the ambiguity

a life for myself

			my mind’s not working

do I sound stupid

			my heart is





		for Marla