Trauma... Poem by RIC BASTASA

having heard that you had trauma
falling on the busy street with no one helping
in a bit, i cannot really relate,

but i remember in that big city where i once lived
trauma is everywhere
even in the restaurants where new lovers dine
even in boulevards where yachts love their rest
even in bed where love is invented

trauma has become a way of life
like breakfast and special dinners
like waking up

in some ways when another person jumps from
the 13th floor and then you hear the ambulance screaming
you simply dismiss this as another daily routine

and so you close the window
and watch the soap opera on TV
lying on the sofa
your thoughts focusing on the most trivial matter

that is more of
another trauma.