The Successful Guy In Our Neighborhood

you see i know how to make a story
i am good at inserting myself in the picture
do not be angry
stories become more emphatic when we put ourselves there

as though we are the characters themselves
as though everything is true
you may think that all these that i am telling are lies
that will be fine with me

you do not live in the place where i am living
some people here tell the truth using all their possible lies
and i believe them and feel them
i am infected and i am contaminating those who read me

and i tell myself
what a success I've been

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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