News Flash.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i 've seen such a perfect
smile
sweet, sweet as sweet,
into the building door
you go in,

i am confident about
you
strong as steel
tested by those years

all i thought was that
you love to be on top
and i did not follow you
as i like it here
in the garden feeding
the white pigeons,

and so you are on the
top of the world
watching people like ants
cars like matchboxes
clouds you can touch
moon as your lover
such a space of stars
as your second home,

and the news flashed
that early morning
how another figure of fame

jump from the 13th floor............