<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=494869" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Number Is 4.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiny capillaries of the gumamela<br>I see. I like to open my palms<br>Somewhere in snowy Vienna. <br>Nordic walks</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On this month of the year.<br>No coffee. Just green tea.<br>Just lasagna and pasta. <br>No rice. Red tomatoes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Strictly English, but my little german will<br>make a little fun. Danke<br>schon. Yes, gratitude counts wherever<br>we go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not wish to waste myself away.<br>I must travel now, or if I don’t<br>I may not find a glimpse<br>Of eternity.I like to call a friend<br>In Calgary and crack a joke and stomp<br>My feet and make the hardest laugh.<br>She must hear it. <br>Soonest.I don’t like<br>To tell her, I don’t read in my room.<br>I don’t eat much either. I don’t pray.<br>I left my rosary in Sto. Rosario. <br>A child must have found it, there<br>Is no sign that it shall be returned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Got tired finally of listening to <br>A young priest’s sermon. He needs a new<br>Haircut.Or perhaps a boyfriend.<br>Could be a sugar mama.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I recall the names of women<br>I make up in bed before I sleep.<br>There are so many. So untrue. But <br>There is one name she knows. I like<br>Her buried there. In her conclusions.<br>In this memory, tears fall inward<br>Like a movie played in reverse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don’t really like life.<br>But I still breathe air, like<br>A hungry man<br>Grabbing with all hands<br>Pizza and iced tea. Not minding<br>Young girls on the other side<br>Of his table. The number is 4.</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=494869" data-title="The Number Is 4. de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="The tiny capillaries of the gumamela I see. I like to open my palms Somewhere in snowy Vienna. Nordic walks On this month of the year. No coffee. Just green tea. Just lasagna and pasta. No rice. Red tomatoes. Strictly English, but my little ge..."></div> </div> </div>

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