The Men Of Hay Poem by RIC BASTASA

the Board has declared
that men of hay
are curse to society
and that
this society cannot function
that welland strong enough if men
are put there and
they are all those kinds of
stuff
that hay is made of


so they burn all men of hay
and they think that is the right move
for society to survive

laws are made
to ban hay


i look at their fields
i go inside their backyards


there they plant hay
and make breeds of them

there they mold the men of hay
and give them names

when you look at their creations
they never look like hay anymore
never smell like one of them
those that they once
decreed to be burned


when the men of hay that they breed
and give names
are all ready


they introduce them to society
they are now the leaders of their new games

for in truth they love their own men of hay
for they follow orders from them
and give them fame and fortune
and make them believe that they all shall live
in grandeur forever.