For Salu Salu Poem by RIC BASTASA

the world has changed.

and new adages are
worded:

a friend in need
is a friend to avoid.

do unto others first
before others do unto you.

and the truth has taken
the shades of the rainbow

what is good for the gander
need not be good for the goose

but we can force it
despite an oppression
of taste and culture

one must take shelter
in the shadow of the self

otherwise one gets lost
in the labyrinths of others.