RIC BASTASA Poems

it is upon my calling that you are here today.
i am very happy.

i am seeing a very tall man now
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a woman's breast is exposed
the nipple, pinkish and firm like a pointillist finger

looks over the window of the dress, innocent and
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Too much familiarity, all the questions answered not just by yes or no
The explanations as demanded all enumerated, and there are no extrapolations needed,

At the last notice, I think I have spoiled you like my first lover,
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a friend of mine is obsessed with purple
she says it's a royal color
fits for kings and queens
and she feels like a princess
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THERE IS always something
to say,
something that you may not
want to hear
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as you read my poems
you imagine what my face would be
given said facts and thoughts like
the way i spend my nights writing
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when the son makes his mistakes
the mother is always there to comfort him
and lessen the pain and tell her son
to continue what needs to be done
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I do not take pride in my loneliness
But I get embarrassed at times
And I hide it
As
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may you love
till another birthday
comes again
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one day i see you naked bathing in the river
we are lovers and i could have called your name
and then i go naked myself and then we bathe together
and make the most of the youth of time
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