Reality Bites Poem by RIC BASTASA

Reality Bites



reality has a picture
an old one, still black and white
for which i have
this love-hate relationship
of keeping it and
then throwing it away
again

reality has a way of showing me
that i cannot escape
and here i am as always
visiting it alone when no one is watching

we are friends finally
and we keep secrets

reality knows how to keep this secret
this Sphinx of my mind
that black bird with strong wings that
can fly away whenever it likes
to

and stay on top of the situation
saying:

' i can manage the weight
of silence'

reality this venomous snake that bites
me and can kill me
even
but through time i have taken much
dose by
dose
teeth to
teeth

and so
i gained this immunity
of death and pain

'we get attuned
to heat'

the desert has this
wisdom
somehow

reality is skin to my bones and flesh


or bones and blood
wrapped in sealed
epidermic containers

i have all the options for lying like the other woman
next door
and then suffer
and then be too unhappy
or just
be the happiest man
for the moment

two faces, day and night
when we get older we know what is this all about
and it is not even worth mentioning at all

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