<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=494696" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Man Beside Me</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">now we are sailing on a<br>bamboo raft<br>floating on a silk river<br>bound to the other<br>side</div><div style="margin:10px 0">except for the man<br>with a long bamboo pole<br>to touch the floor<br>and push us more</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there is this man <br>beside me murmuring<br>his face is covered<br>by the shadow of his<br>big straw hat</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the natives respect<br>him thinking that he<br>is god sent<br>knowing the words of<br>the mountain gods<br>who give them rain<br>after the drought</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he chatters the song<br>of the cicadas<br>he murmurs the heaves<br>of the rain<br>finally he stops and<br>hands in the silence<br>of the rocks<br>that protrude in the<br>middle of the river</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the waters rise<br>flood rages on<br>and i begin to hear<br>another song<br>of the incoming storm</div><div style="margin:10px 0">then we arrive at the other<br>side of the river<br>this time we have become<br>one in the fold of the<br>fury asking the protection<br>of the mountain's belly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the morning news shall <br>tell about two men who<br>are fuming the seeds of<br>discontent of the plains<br>and the city</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we have no names here<br>just coincidences</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=494696" data-title="The Man Beside Me de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="now we are sailing on a bamboo raft floating on a silk river bound to the other side except for the man with a long bamboo pole to touch the floor and push us more there is this man beside me murmuring his face is covered by the shadow of his b..."></div> </div> </div>

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