The Dog, Leaf And Worm Poem by RIC BASTASA

THERE is this dog
and it lives a dog's life
it's life has always been
all for the bone.

THERE is this leaf
true to its being a leaf
lives the short life
destined to fall
blown away
rot or burned.

There is this worm
it burrows itself
in that cold and damp
and then
returned to
its humus origin

BUT there is this fish that
i know
a gold fish that swims
against the tide of
the Yellow River
jumps higher
than the barrier
cliff and
transforms itself
into
a Red Dragon

THE dog, worm
and leaf
do not believe this

They all call me
a story teller.