Peter J. Dellolio was born 1956 New York City. Graduated New York University 1978. Poetry collections “A Box Of Crazy Toys” published 2018 by Xenos Books/Chelsea Editions and “Bloodstream Is An Illusion Of Rubies Counting Fireplaces” published February 2023 by Cyberwit/Rochak Publishing.
Maybe the Disarranged Newspaper
Maybe the disarranged newspaper
was waiting
for a little boy
to shape
it into a pirate hat.
Perhaps the torn pillowcase
had a secret wish fulfilled
when the little girl
turned it into
her princess cape.
A reprieve of sorts has occurred.
Things touched and used
by adult hands
had been sentenced
to the oblivion
of a garbage can.
Rescued by the inexhaustible
imagination of children,
they are reborn as magical
garments of fantasy.
The Field Guide Poetry Magazine 