A Relaxed Lifestyle Poem by RIC BASTASA

midnight
pampers you
with its
coldness
and soundless
gentleness

as writing
goes on
and on

as ideas hover like
butterflies
on my
hair

sleep is
a deep ocean
deep
and blinded

till
the clock
hands
in the double
moon
on top of
each other
on the study
table of
your room

the rest are waves
of repetitions
spreading out
the whole day
coming and going
and dissipating


frantically

being sits upon
a patch of eternal
grass

empty gazes
watching the hours
fly slowly
like
feathers on
the tainted skies

there is no rush
to a pampered
lifestyle

it is like
going in a strange place
and
smiling at people you
met
whose names you
never know
whose battles are
none of
your business
anyway
as you proceed to walk
and pretend
that nothing offends
you that
you are no longer
affected
that numbness is
the badge that
you carry in
your body

you chance upon
a Japanese resto

rai
rai
ken
sumo
sam

you signal the
waiter clad
in red and black

' bring me a plate of sushi
a cup of green tea and
three slices of
california
maki...

and a dessert named
Both Worlds'