Three Poems By Melissa Parietti: "Music Box", "Holy Wafer", "Deadly Arrow"

Melissa Parietti is a writer from Long Island who has produced poems, short stories, novels, and business literature. Find Melissa on Twitter @MelissaParie.

Music Box

Firstly Coral was

written, along with

Kelp and other piano-cello

songs I lost in the

fire; I still hear them

delicate notes

when I taste –

Holy Wafer

You cannot receive this holy wafer again

In this case, forgiveness is enough

truth be told, my husband to me is

like gold

All traitorous men otherwise,

like rust.

Deadly Arrow

My deadly arrow

I shoot to you

is hard and cold and uncouth;

I’ve ignored the women who

whined – your lover is false for

that reason and thine –

my sister last he did dine –

my cousin, a boy, his light, he shined

    I cage, I rut, I burst and cuss

    I shrug my shoulders, ‘tis not

                       my loss. 

~Melissa Parietti