Much Water Poem by RIC BASTASA

Much Water

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if you believe that a cat
can be a dog by heart

or that the dog can
later on identify with the
scruples of the cat

if you think that a cat
can ask the fish for a dance
without licking its fins

or the kingfisher can for
an hour have a nice
conversation with the
catfish in that clear pond

if you think that an ell
can finally find its place
beside a ladle in that
old and dirty kitchen

if you somehow imagine
that a mice can worship
a cat for a god

then you are a deviate.
and if you are one, then
you are a revolutionary.

most of the people who
read this believe that
what i am saying is
fiction. And they won't
take it seriously.

if they think that this
kind of writing is poetry
then there is also something
wrong with them.

they too are revolutionaries.
they believe that something
impossible may happen
if it sound as beautiful as
the cat singing in harmony
with the mice and in that
orchestra the dog serves
as the conductor and the
rest are either doing the
drums or the violin or the
piano or the cello.

on the river the fish come
out with their open mouths
saying: what a wonderful
world could this be!

though our land does not
contain much water for
them to live and love.

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RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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