What Really Happened

at 80
the monk who left the monastery in Utah
and who gave me a book about The Preacher's Daughter
always remembers names

like fr. Fabian
or fr. Lucas or
fr. Damian

when we arrive there
and i am patient as he is deaf
and
agonizing & he asks me to call and check if fr. Fabian is still there

he was there in 2000
and the year after fr. Fabian sent him a card

the cellphone rings and fr Bruno asks who am i
and i pretended to be
Ron, the old monk who is with me now
tracing his past

trying to look for fr. Fabian who died in Polomolok
and he wants to know the cause of death

fr Bruno says
nothing about asphyxiation but that is the lie that
i told Ron

and his face changed like an afternoon
and i can feel
that it was heavily raining

that is what happened

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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