Thing Is...It Is... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i pray,
do not take me seriously.

do not take this page
seriously, i also pray

i pray more, please do
not take time reading this
writing.

they are not serious.
as all the world is.

i pray
if you read this, eat your burger.
continue with the french fries,

put more tomato
catsup. consume your pepsi cola.

the real thing is this.
i am not cuteness overload.

what i write is just a break
from my realities.

pile of papers to read.
cases to decide. deadlines are

spitting cobras. i am alone and
no one does anything for me.

thing is. it is.