His Idol Is Still Bruce Lee.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i ask if you ever
get lonely in vegas

what with having to
endure two wives and
six kids all on their
own lives now away
from you

i ask if loneliness
somehow travels in
your spine when you
are alone in the house
abandoned

is there such a lingering
feeling of being
abandoned

your idol is still bruce
lee, in high school you
manage those kicks and
how well you have
manipulated chako and
kung fu

i ask again if ever
you get lonely too just
like us, just like everyone

you say you are leaving
you are busy and you have
no time for all these
nonsense questions.....