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Poetry of Issue 9: ANOTHER FOUND POEM

ANOTHER FOUND POEM ABOUT A MOVIE I LIKE

The Wanderers are

                        an Italian American gang

                                                vying  for respect

on the streets

                        of the South Bronx

                                                            in 1963.

Between rumbles with rivals such as

                        The Ducky Boys, The Del Bombers,            

                                                and The Fordham Baldies,

the group of tough guys learn

                        some difficult lessons

                                                about life and love.

Leader Richie Gennaro finds himself

                        entangled with Despie Galasso,

                                                a mobster’s daughter,

while the artistically inclined Joey

                        falls hard

                                                for Nina:

a beautiful, smart girl.

by Joey Nicoletti

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