I Simply Like The Word Roost Poem by RIC BASTASA

and its variations,
refer to the latest poem i wrote on the word

ensconce, it is roost that you use, which signifies
about chickens
but honestly i prefer the pegions
which we had

once in my youth
the boy who chased and hit birds
feeding on our rice
drying under the sun
and i did not know what i did

stoning birds and killing them
not really thinking
that they would be happier
and nicer to see
when they are alive
and flying and feeding
on the pavements where
rice is abundant and
it woudl have been more
memorable if i feed
them myself
with rice on my palms

which i never really did
because in my place
a boy is a boy and he must
hit the birds with stones
from his slingshot

until i have seen real birds
and real people shot
and killed on the fields
like birds but
with real ammunitions
from government armalites
and brothers
killing brothers
which really bothers
me a lot
until now

when finally i get tired of thinking
when i simply write
poems and poems, not judgments
not commands, just feelings

like hot and cold, fever and the coldness
of death