I Am Concerned About Your Today And So. We Are Talking Now. Poem by RIC BASTASA

as i write this
i put aside a red apple which i just bit

on a hard bound book
beside a calendar of my
vacation trips for the
coming months,

the book is political
confronting the state about
some of its abuses

the apple appears
incomplete without my hand

the fingers are groping for
the keys

for instance, the key for
our liberation

the words seem to be at war
against each other

i am concerned about your today and so.
we are talking now.