RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “It’s Mainly Because of the Meat”

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It’s Mainly Because of the Meat (a day at the hospital)

Defying fate

The numbered pieces of meat are kept tender by the singing of the dart laden

Nightingales

They lie glistening

Some in cellophane wrap

Fresh and clean

For the greedy fate regulators and their machines

White clad techno princes

Who sound the charge armed with reams of slaughtered trees

And sticks that relentlessly scratch

Knives or forks?

Needles or threads?

Charting with the sage chants the ringmasters of pain

Whip the remnants of human dignity

For the hungry audience of apprentices

Gawking at the wisdom of the teacher

All believing

Who perhaps

One day will know the power of their

Pharisees

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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