..The Seven Heads Of The Dragon In The Place Where We Live.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

in where we
stay
there is a dragon with
seven heads

the first head
has an apprehending hand
a net

the second has a pen
and it writes what is wrong
how it should be
punished or corrected

the third head
has no eyes only ears
and its hands are
holding a knife and a
scale

the fourth head
is the listener always
protective like
all mothers
to their children

the fifth head
is the keeper of the key
of the door of the
big house
without windows

the sixth spits fire and
gives off toxic gas
the usual dragon that you
have known since
the birth of movies

the seventh is the most
casual and ordinary,
the man and woman in the
streets
who smoke and drink beer
and who may choose
not to speak about
anything or
they may indulge in your
liking
speak the truth
and then be
heard.