Let The Mute Write.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

here comes the mute
and deaf, who for years
have kept the silence and


decent composure, and here
comes this patient woman
wanting to hear from his
musings---

let the mute write, i swayed,
hoping to convince, and i brought
him the paper and pen
and some perfume to wake him
from his stupor and then he obliged
stared at the woman, and wrote:
i have long loved you, but you
never heard me, i have long adored
you, but you never saw me--

the woman patient no more
and touched, went near the deaf and
mute, and kissed him.