One Sunny Day Poem by RIC BASTASA

He prepares
and the way to do that
is first to
take out everything

not just the cap
the shirt
the shoes and
pants

it requires the
elimination of all
barriers

body: skin and flesh
and bones
the drying of the
blood
and the cutting of
all nerves

you try to imagine
the pain
but you are not there
anymore
to feel it

you have moved
to the next level
and i cannot say
about it
anymore

perhaps i can say
it is like
a cloud, a mist

or simply a drop
of rain
evaporating
one sunny
day