The Mad Man Poem by RIC BASTASA

The Mad Man



there is this mad man on
the street carrying a lighted lamp
at midday
he screams that this world
is about to end
and people do not listen
he sometimes laughs at the top of his voice
when all of them are all gone
in the middle of the night
he sings the song of chaos
he gives the warning
but then the world is asleep and
numb,

the following morning you ask me about the mad man
how come that he screams, and lights a lamp during the day,
singing the songs of chaos
foretelling the doom of the world

i have no answer of course
but there is one thing i am sure of
it is about us not having understood him
a bit.

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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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