The New Eden.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

he saw his wife
talking to another man,
a young man
and he felt something,
like a bee sting
on his nape, and he
felt that something
is inflamed

and then he did not
bother thinking about it

he too likes talking to
younger women,
or even girls and it
makes him feel so alive,

and it is just then
to give his wife a break of
her own...

on her menopausal stage,
how could he be jealous?

he still stings like a bee,
and there are so many flowers
in the garden of Eden

and he knows
he can be an Adam again
to bite that forbidden fruit
from the hand of
the younger Eve

and the Snake loves him.