Triumvirate In A State Of Bliss! Poem by RIC BASTASA

in taking the cue
from
Jean Paul when he says that-

'Hell is
Other People'

i have since
then
avoided People

to include
you

and almost to include
Me

but at the end, how can i
avoid

Hell?

or taking another
deeper
reflection upon such cue

why is

Other People
Hell?

or

Does Hell exist really?

People are People
and they shall always be people

these people of the world
you, they, me

How can i be Hell?

so I now declare: i am bliss
i am paradise

goodbye Jean Paul
now i live here, in this paradise

me, i and myself


triumvirate in a state
of bliss!