I Am Tired Of Being A Clown... Poem by RIC BASTASA

in this reunion
of old people
you warn of those
prohibitions

no one shall talk
about serious matters
no one must tackle
philosophical
questions

we must refuse the
deep
this is not the time
for that

or this, something
that would be too
shaking
to make us all
silent

but, this is what
i must tell you,
i am a serioud matter
and i am going
philosophical

i am tired of
being a clown
and it has taken
be down.