Perfect Crime Poem by RIC BASTASA

the walls have as always been mute
the lizard who sees it left to another ceiling where
there are more mosquitoes
the curtains are dirty too
and dusts and stains make a good companion
and so the only witness left
to testify about the crime that has just been committed is this
cockroach

no one believes what it is telling
no matter how truthful can it be

and with one stroke of the insecticide spray
everything is erased away

the walls wish for a tongue
the lizard comes back and has nothing to tell
the mosquitoes are inside its belly
the curtains are tied with a rope
the dusts are blown by the wind
the stains fabricate another companion

a funeral for the cockroach is done
i am present there, and i too have nothing to say
about the murder

pure white magnolias are laid
on the ground
on that bright day
it rains....