A Poem A Day Poem by RIC BASTASA

a poem a day
is a pain in my neck.
and that
is everyday.
and everyday is
also a pain
in my neck.
and my neck
however,
has no mouth
to complain.
i need a massage.
i need a little
pampering.
perhaps a kiss
in my
ass from
an innocent
moral
religious
woman

no, do i have really
to be banal
about my
search for the
holy?

never felt
immaculate
but i will try
not to be vile
and irreverent
to emotions

into the sacrosanct
the righteous
seraphic saintly
sublime self

into the valley of
death
i will still sing my
song.

truly, i must be
in this daily dose
of pain in the neck
poetry