Poetry And Politics And Law Poem by RIC BASTASA

to begin life again
you stop being an artist

which means no poetry
nothing about art for breakfast

plain sunny side up egg
orange juice and the job section
in the news

poetry is instability
art is being lost and weird
there is no money in there
but unnecessary emotion

it is not new stuff
normal people you say talk that way

you are wrong
i have money, and fame and honor
i landed in a high position
makes decision about other
people's lives and their properties

it is the light of the day and the
people that i meet that make
stability

art fills in the gap to maintain
a high sense of sanity
poetry creates the music
its cadence and rhythm make
the march smooth and sound

its depth has made the river
navigable
and its shores have become
the comforting port of
my weary soul