There Are Parts Poem by RIC BASTASA

There Are Parts

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there are parts in the figure that
we deny,

and denial can be
painful

for instance in order
not to hear the
bad news
one can deny that he has
ears

and so on and so
forth

if you are into survival
like having experienced how is it to be left alone at sea
with only your hands
to make you swim

you can relate how is it to deny
that you have a mind that can delve
into what can happen later

sharks can be there
to eat your fingers or swallow your heart

there is only the moon that you can
convent into a goddess hoping that this time
it can save you
and make an island ahead of you
so you can land
safely and have some coconuts
to eat and drink

one can be an expert about love
or hate
and with ease deny the existence of
all nerves

just one heart
one heart
which you can easily hide with a piece
of cloth
and then tell the guests
of your party
that you do not have one at all

or that if you have one
it has assumed the nature of steel

and for a toast
you say, Long live love! Long live Love!

but deep inside
you swallow this truth
There is None at all.
There is No One at ALL.

aND it is good.

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