Life Is Fair......... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i had this buffet breakfast
alone

after a walk
alone

and as i was drinking my choco
in tiny sips

to savor the taste of
chocolate
ness
alone

there is this child whom if you see
what i see
you need not ask anymore if
he is autistic

he is
running from one corner to another
as the yaya moving like another autistic
chases him

what a servant
poor servant hired to keep him
safe

the boy snatched my turon
and i smile
of course i understand how things are

his parents are both doctors of medicine
affluent
and famous in davao

the yaya is
homely
but the child is terrible
biting her left shoulder in exchange for
her
understanding

and did i tell you while we were in that
taxi that

life is fair

the poor is born to serve the rich
who also shoulders the burden of looking for money
and keeping them

and too taking care of all the abnormalities of
this world

how humble they become
with autism in their hands