Joseph Pagano

Joseph Pagano's writing has appeared in Narrative Magazine, the Columbia Observer, Stone Shoes and War, Literature and the Arts.

“Sipsula solidissima,” “Notice Pending” and “Saturday with Pa”

Let me tell you something about the human
heart. It’s there
in the black paper cameo cutout shadow of a girl spinning a barrel hoop against
an almond wall by de Chirico. A nurse turns her back on
an amputated leg
waiting in motley for the orderly
to bring order.