You Want To Last Forever? Poem by RIC BASTASA

there are those
who want to last forever

all efforts are towards
posterity

you dream of a long life
seven houses, seven children
seven times seven grandchildren

you store a fortune
you need a bigger storage
you save money
you make more money
you buy land you buy more land
you invest and invest and invest some more

and one day
the Lord God says it is time for you to go
and there you are

gone. gone. gone. gone. gone

ozymandiases
oh common, no one lasts forever

even the stones, the rocks, the cliffs,
the monuments

kiss the gumamela
and the woman from Guatemala.....