With A Happy Face And Standing Back Bone. Poem by RIC BASTASA

then dalila meets
ernie in new york and

there is no dull moment
with a long lost friend

who had remained a mystery
as he does not exist

in the memory of one
named gras

who loves pinky who
leaves danny for

a diony, and the
rumor goes on and on

about other people's
lives forgetting that

we too have our own
lack, misdeeds, omissions

but for the moment
we feel lucky

blessed, to the fact
that our miseries are

definitely less than
theirs

at least that is
what we think

to live a better life
to move on

with a happy face and
standing back bone.