Stay Calm, Read Another Book, Sip Your Tea, And Always Keep Your Cup Clean. Poem by RIC BASTASA

..on the other hand
what does each creature become?
there is a fear that
a child may be his father's murderer

most of her children are in jailnow
and she doubts what milk did they drink from
her breasts?
did they suck the milk from the tiger?
did they inherit the genes of the alligators?
so much regret had been going on
and we are trying to understand all these
and these make us arrive at one point: never envy
them, they have their own griefs too
and disappointments and
regrets having given birth to all these
misfortunes.

stay calm, read another book,
sip your tea, and always keep your cup clean.