Beside Me

an old american
wearing sleepers.

white sands clinging
still on his feet.

beside him
her filipina. the brown girl
black hair. orange sarong
wrapping her body

she needs yahoo.
he says, what are you looking for?

i do not really think
that she is literate. but i can sense
she is trying to be

just like anybody else.
he thinks she is beautiful and
cheap.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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