RIC BASTASA Poems

perhaps we shy away because
we did not get much

oh that is wrong, we already
...

we promise, soon, tomorrow
we shall all be good, we

had made promises, soon,
...

by intention, or practical purpose
i only need to heal myself, and i

remember, how bad it is, how wrong,
...

if you have lots and lots of money,
this you can do: burn them and laugh.

for instance, there is this old woman
...

that emaciated child asking for
food for his younger sister
is but a part of the bigger picture,
beyond this frame is the
...

bear with me
i haven't slept for
hours, help me,
i am designing
...

now why do hate yourself?
just because it is getting weaker
and cannot earn you more income
as expected?
...

why should life be so hard?
you ask me

life is not that hard
...

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

i am a black Arabic
horse wearing a heavily
tinted sunglasses
in a summer resort
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