Remembering Peter With His Guitar And Paganini And Linda Poem by RIC BASTASA

what do you remember
paganini?

ah, it is peter
who plays the guitar for
linda

it is about love that
died
a flower which never
went into fruition

ah, you remember peter
and the dry river bed
somewhere in malala

ah, you remember linda
whose hair was pulled into
misery

ah, you remember society
its rules, its stones, its
unreasonability

ah, you remember the sadness
of many lovers separated from
each others' arms

ah, you always remember
what is grievous, and cruel and
harsh

well, peter played his guitar
so well,
and we all cried in vain