Four Short Poems

1 (the poet) The readers Leave the poet Melting alone To mould A unique poem 2 (The reality and fantasy) Life is continuing In its Utopia But the days are Dying Without ID 3 (Love) Flowers know How many days they will live And the nightingale as it sings knows how many seasons but we cut the rose to wear on the lapel of a tuxedo and put the nightingale in a cage even though they still make us smile 4 (the news) In the lovely village of Corripo in the mountains of Switzerland only twelve elders are living. In the town of Novi Becej, Serbia the zinc rate in the drinking water has reached 27 times the legal limit. In the Smithsonian zoo, hundreds of people are waiting for a baby panda to be born. Then you switch off the TV and the first line of the first book you pick up: "this life is full of difficulties"...