Them....... Poem by RIC BASTASA

then we destroyed the fence
and we have become another open house
we thought it would be just perfect
sharing what we are what we have
until everything is taken
until we lose whatever privacy is left
we have misunderstood openness
we have misunderstood who they are
and what is this place really like
we are never the same and they are
never us.

and so we reconstructed the fence
made it higher and stronger and we look
at them down below us
for we have learned our lesson so well

we give only when necessary
we part with what we have only for a reason
we are different
and they are them...