Variations Of A Structure Poem by RIC BASTASA

graphic that is the word
there is a concrete structure
a bill of materials
a sketch of what must follow
there is a salable syllable
consistently uttered by
the demanding market

poem is actually
an architecture
of beams and roofing
sometimes you throw
away stars
they have become
the most abused
cliche

there must be
a variation
black bricks
silky white clouds
like shampoo conditioner
pumpkin rooms
rat horses
they already had it
books and houses
shoes and brains
bed and bread

surprise the mind
with what it thinks
do not really exist
and then we can
claim that we
are really alive.