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madame minda
i remember when i was yet so small like a
snail,
mother took me to your house where the roof leaks like a wooden
boat
and i was gazing up my eyes fixed on some stars that night like a
telescope
and mother pinched me in my arm afraid to offend your poverty like a
worm
but then i could not be stopped and i spoke so loud asking mother why are
they so poor like a
rat
and mother silenced me with her hand covering my mouth and you pretended
you did not hear anything like a
pig
you stared at me but i could not be outdone i also stared at you like a white
pegion
that was how it was Madame Minda, we started as two opposing river banks
we never reach each other like you were my broad back and i am a short
hand
that never reached your heart
i never miss you and you never change.Whatever are you i simply keep it
to myself like a
wart.
RIC S. BASTASA
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MADONNA
a boy sleeping beside
his mother
he stops sucking his
thumb in the middle
of such a peaceful
day
the mother sleeps too
and dreams
about his boy who shall
become another soldier
of Israel
about this war that
has no seeming ending.
RIC S. BASTASA
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magellan
your name is
taught in school
what you did
you have become
a discoverer
of what we already
had
how can i ever revere
a cruel conquistador
as you?
i suggest that they
change the
books of our
history.
RIC S. BASTASA
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8400.
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magenta edge rose
my sighs shall upon
thy petals rest
my hope shall imitate
the buds
my past i bury deep
down to
where your roots
go.
RIC S. BASTASA
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