What Do I Really Know? ...... Poem by RIC BASTASA

even then
we do not need that bed
or that pillow

that blanket may
be given away

or this room or this
carpet

or even the floor of
this house

or even the house
or even the land where

everything is situated
or even this
island

or even this earth
or even this universe

what we need is only
to be happy
just us here

or even if you go
away
or if you are
gone and
i only have myself
left

or even this self
even it it is gone

what do i lose?
what do i know?

a fly is here. oh
never mind,
i'll open the window
i still let it
go....