A Road Incident.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

a red easy ride is parked
along the graveled road beside a
cemented fence

it is one hot afternoon

a little girl carries on her head
a bunch of ripe bananas
following mother carrying a basket of
clothes

a man wearing a shirt with green row stripes
runs toward the market rushing

it is beginning to rain on this hot afternoon

after a while, the road is flooded
a little boy runs across the road against
an over speeding truck

and then what we hear is a mother
screaming for help