RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)

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THE COYOTE AND THE MOUSE

While not a poet of great renown

Perhaps I relate to you a story with a frown

As a golf course Marshall my job can be seen as akin to a diplomat

Keeping the pace of play

Making impatient golfers happy and gay

I have a numbing early morning shift on a Saturday

Believe you I’d rather be sleeping away

But being mostly alone on this early morning shift

Natural beauty is not to be missed

Deer, rabbits, fox, falcons and increasingly lean and hungry coyotes

And in front of me a coyote joyfully playing

Oh my isn’t that creature cute!

Dancing, prancing and tossing something up in the air

My goodness it’s a mouse and but a part of the coyote’s deadly game

The brave mouse on his hind legs for a final defence

But he is no Repicheep from Chronicles of Narnia

And is gobbled up

The coyote smiles as he witnesses my horror and fascination

and trots away

Just another hunting day

And blissfully ignorant to what I have seen

The golfers continue their game

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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