Hidden Something Poem by RIC BASTASA

something that you promise not to see
again
the tongue hides within the mouth
it will not taste this again
the eyes roll
eyelids close as the scene is
repeated
it is about another form
of tongue-in-cheek
the mouth says something that it does not mean
the brain understands perfectly
like the heart

and so here it is again
viewed for the nth time
this time the conscience is numb

it says
another lie
it comes back again
savoring
what it says it hates
what it believes is too unlikely of its being

but what can you do
here it is again
mutually salivating