Because Forgiving Is Fake.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

damn who wishes
to live in the house
of hate

we love to dance
the tango
under the moon

damn who wants
to mourn for someone
who is not dead
yet

damn it, who wants to
be the villain of
this show

but we cannot be
what we are not

to learn to live
one must master the art
of forgetting

because forgiveness is
faking it
and mama is dead and
papa is lost
and peace is but an
illusion

damn, damn, damn,
life is too complicated
and so here i am
trying to make it just
a little bit
sophisticated

did we not go there
before to visit the sick?
damn damn damn

we are tired of all these
negativities
we are here to spend a
vacation
to dance in the club
to be drunk once in a while
to forget
because forgiving isfake