'Bad Karma, Always Bad Karma' The Old Woman Tells Us. Poem by RIC BASTASA

he had modest beginnings.
a woman whom he can never love
supports him to college.

he got a world of his own now
and takes another woman of his dreams.

his wings are long and strong.
he flies alone, corrupted by the sky.

what transformed him
into a black bird
is not unexpected.

His past has horns
His teeth sharp from
the beginning.

he wants not to see the truth
that hurts him since childhood.

how to rule the world and then destroy it,
will always have the consequences

he will always choose the wrong way
and everyone is excited
to see how he destroys himself.

'bad karma, always bad karma'
the old woman tells us.
' he should not have killed himself',
his wife says in closing.