How Does A Relationship End? .... Poem by RIC BASTASA

in Siayan the woman who broke up with her man
ended up dead,
he rationalized that if he could not own her
let no one can

the parents mourn for the death of their baby
whom
not a fly had ever landed on her skin

on his part
his life has no meaning anymore
he has become
the living dead and then with one fatal shot in his head
he exploded
death

there are two coffins in the neighborhood
two funerals

many mourners
ten lamentations

on a tongue in cheek
one of those who gambled on those wake nights asked

all in the name of Love?