The Sad Woman Of The Othe Side Of The Fence Poem by RIC BASTASA

i sometimes wish to see you
upon a chair
knitting a pattern of flowers
upon a cloth of
silk,

or perhaps mixing the flour
and eggs
and finally baking a cake
with chocolate
dressing and
rose icing

or perhaps spending more time
tending the flowers in the garden
under the morning sun

it would have been a beautiful
view
of a complete woman in my mind

but you never really tried

what can i possibly write about you?

sitting idly upon a sofa
watching so much tv
smoke on one hand and
a glass of vodka on the
other

the room is littered with ash
and there are tears in your eyes.