And Back To The Middle Of The Road Lies The Body Of The Man Overrun By That Obsession Of Being Safe. Poem by RIC BASTASA

it is safe to take the middle
of the road

you hear it once and then
again this time

to take courage rather than
rashness
to be silent and shy away from
so much noise

or just to be the middle class
not the poor neither the rich

the one ham and lettuce
sandwiched

but just the same shall be eaten
still by that big mouth of avarice
and greed

and back to the middle of the road
lies the body of the man overrun by
that obsession of being safe.