Too Much Closeness Is Blindness Poem by RIC BASTASA

the familiarity between us
has come face to face
eye to eye
like two lovers
cheek to cheek,

i of course do not loathe it
as it does not mean anything at all
the distance considered
in too much
closeness, somehow has made both of us blind

perhaps, this is what we want to happen
to keep this
bond

both of us must be blind
like cows and horses
with covers
on their eyes
and for sure, they do not sense any danger
beyond