Poetic Co -Existence Poem by RIC BASTASA

when i write
there you are, you read
and i do not demand much
if you comment

when you write
i read yours too, and you do not demand much
if i copy your lines
and put them inside my heart

for that is the only
towards a symbiosis
of our mutual poetics

like cigar to my lips
like strawberry candy to my tongue
like rib from my side
like bed to my body
like mouth to my finger
like thighs to my
strong hands
like firewood to my
forest nights
like tent to my rain
like moon to my
winter roof.