And Thus It Will Be And Will Always Be. Poem by RIC BASTASA

when he wakes up
he folds the blankets
arranges the pillows
and sets everything
there neatly

he had always wanted
all things neat and clean
be in in the room or
anywhere else

women however never desired
what he does and what he is.

there is something wrong with
them, how they wanted someone else
who caused all wars
who made this world a terrible place
for all the others to live

all the neat men die because they did nothing.
all cowards of them, all who imagined this
world to be just clean and orderly when in fact
it will never be.

the world has desired those who are willing
to go to war and make them
those that razed the forests with all fire
those that made nuclear weapons
those that make factories and changed the landscapes

and thus it will be and will always be.