Fat Woman Poem by RIC BASTASA

fat woman with a thick black coat
walking along the sidewalk of the train station
alone
and cold and remembering the sweet things
back home
ten thousand miles away

i perfectly understand this moment of abandon
this silence of the buttons
this warming of the soles of your feet
this discarding of memories

moving on towards another journey
forgetting who you are
and not anxious of what they all shall become

you've got your own life
a diary and a picture in the wallet

answer the call and be there
he is waiting.