RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”Reflections on THE CONVENTION”

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Reflections on THE CONVENTION

Could be in Singapore, Hong Kong or even North Bergen, New Jersey!

Identical airwaves

Sandwiched between “networking breaks”

Not even blushingly

Inept bilingually

Majestically Christinically present

36,000 starving Ethiopians

Beg sickly, Bibles hidden

Struggling with the desire to brandish

Meanwhile the political arena presents chinless wonders

Cheered on by funeral supply salesmen

With mistresses in mink ex-wives in trailer parks

All guzzling pilsner

Dancing with the wrong WASP beat

And bare breasted skeletons sway

Emaciated and ready to collapse without the $19.99 diet drink

The sun gleams off the bones white as miracle toothpaste

Here in our own tropical destitution

The cat ravaged pigeon limps at 30 below

The cancer riddled janitor

Tosses in his urine-soaked bed

The woman twitches uncontrollably people attempting not to gawk

And the Bible failed them

SO EXPORT IT!

And you tell me now is the opportune time to be an optimist

Well

At least the cockroaches agree with a grin

And you don’t require a microscope to view

Robert K. Stephen

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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