Hello, Goodbye, And Till We Meet Again. Poem by RIC BASTASA

there is always a way to spend time
from another perspective

nothing serious this time
time to laugh, time to fool with time.

i got a joke, and i share it with you
and you laugh with me.

i got a story about a buffalo and the poodle.
how imitation can be funny. How envy can be a tragic matter.

i got to share time with you.
at the veranda we face an afternoon.

i have coffee and you have tea.
did we forget about our old tequilas?

i have something to whisper to you.
No, actually it is a kiss. I am planting it

to your lips. Do not bite me.
You see, we are here now. Tomorrow we will be gone

two white butterflies against the wind.
first shadows, then a whisper gone too.

no one stays here. No one.
we turn off the lights. we fuse in the dark.

No promises. We do not make promises.
Early morning, i go. You are no longer here.

I am talking about life. It is what it is.
Hello, goodbye, and till we meet again.