Because I Am The Giver Then I Am Inexhaustible Poem by RIC BASTASA

i have been thinking about greed
your greed with specifics
the details crop in cramped inside these craniums
and i am honestly
disturbed but i shall not let this matter
unmake me
i won't allow this to infect the flesh that you are eating
i shall be strong
and be willing to part with everything i have
all for you
and when every part of me is consumed
every ear, eye and even the mind
my heart reduced to nothing
not even shreds of paper
then you must leave
and you shall part with all satisfaction that
finally
you have taken everything from me
and i shall ponder on this

why did i allow this nothingness in me?
why did i allow you to rob me of my being?

shall i tell myself
because i have loved you much
even if i know that there is something messy in you
your greed
and avarice and selfishness?

it does not matter
i am the giver and i am always inexhaustible.