<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=493604" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>That Afternoon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i was there again<br>standing by the side of the old<br>glass windows<br>hazy because of the dust<br>it is hazy, hazy<br>the sea is linen white<br>the coconut trees as tall as they are very old<br>planted perhaps before the war<br>before the Japanese came<br>and ravished the spirits of our innocent people<br>i was there again<br>standing on a moment<br>always seeing<br>that rusty van parked<br>without its front wheel<br>nobody from there is asking<br>what is happening<br>it is hazy, as hazy as dusts<br>on that old glass window<br>then a black bird flies through<br>it breaking the thin old glass<br>into shattered pieces</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the afternoon ended<br>on that sudden noise<br>i am telling you<br>i am not shocked because<br>i am not new to this<br>how can i be? i am as old and as<br>tall as that coconut tree<br>i am from this place<br>and i know each grain of sand<br>on the shore<br>of that white linen sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=493604" data-title="That Afternoon de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="i was there again standing by the side of the old glass windows hazy because of the dust it is hazy, hazy the sea is linen white the coconut trees as tall as they are very old planted perhaps before the war before the Japanese came and ravished th..."></div> </div> </div>

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