An Advice To A Problematic Student Poem by RIC BASTASA

he sailed two rivers
and now he is lost which river
did he take
only to find himself
at the middle of this
christina falls

i am a lazy problem solver
and i let the problem solve itself
i ask him to sit
cross his legs and fingers
and stay calm and
cool

she says she keeps two women
and i tell him
let them pull their hair
and slap each other
and then
see for yourself in the mirror

how handsome have you become.