....You.......... Poem by RIC BASTASA

a puppy rushes out of the house upon a
negligently opened door

it rushed further into the the careless gate
into the busy road of the city

wagging its tail jumping happily over its newly found freedom
until it is run over by a mindless truck heading towards the forest

and the puppy lies crushed dead on the busy road where passersby do not mind what is happening

and you who had carelessly opened the door still reads a book while munching on fish chips and white wine inside your lonely room.