The Contrast Between The Film And The Reality Outside The House. Poem by RIC BASTASA

at the end of the film
was at the top of the tower
meeting the villain Kenji
telling him that he is nothing
without a wife without a child.

i do not know but it was at
that point when i finally heard
that it is raining outside.

how is it that i am too fixed
at that nothingness.

the world is filled with rain.
the earth is thirsty.
and the leaves are singing.
the cicadas finally keep their
mouths closed.

and then the frogs
merry on the grass, jumping
and swimming.