RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”Galen Weston Jr. Did You Forget About Kraft Dinner?”

Galen Weston Jr. Did You Forget About Kraft Dinner?

What family wealth estimated at 9 billion

With all this inflation heartfelt thanks for your “concern” freezing prices on Loblaws house brands showing concern for Canadian’s COVID induced ill financial health

But please at Loblaws and your subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart $2.99 for a box of Kraft Dinner

And $4.39 for four at competitor Metro makes you kind of a sinner

I am shopping at Metro instead of Loblaws and Shoppers just to show you I am a winner!

Sorry to make your profits a bit thinner!

Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)”The Social Relevance and Contribution to Society by the Kardashian Clan”

The Social Relevance and Contribution to Society by the Kardashian Clan

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Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: The Gigolo at the Cattle Fair (Françoise Sagan)

“She suddenly remembered that hectic party and the first glimpse she had of Nicholas, looking miserable because old Mme Essini was talking to him t very close quarters and giggling girlishly. Nicolas was pressed up against the bar, with no hope of escape. The scene had amused her at first, then she had looked at Nicholas with increasing interest and cynical speculation. These cocktail parties were like horse fairs or cattle shows. One almost expected to see mature ladies lifting the young men’s upper lips to examine their teeth.”

Françoise Sagan, “The Gigolo”, 1975.

RKS Literature: Self Esteem of the Gigolo (Françoise Sagan)

“Not that she respected him more than the others: she kept him completely, dressed him, gave him expensive presents which he didn’t throw back in her face. He never went in for those stupid, boorish ploys the others indulged in, those sulky moods when they wanted something or felt they were the injured party in the bargain stuck between their bodies and her money-that was it, really, they felt hard done by. They would get her to buy them all manner of expensive trinkets which they didn’t even want, simply in order to restore their self-esteem. The word esteem made her laugh inwardly. It was none the less the only word for it.”

Françoise Sagan, “The Gigolo”, 1975.

RKS Literature: Indifference to Reality as One Principal Characteristic of Nationalist Thought (George Orwell)

“Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage-torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians-which does not change its moral character when it is committed by “our” side. The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism”, 1945.

RKS Literature: Obsession as One Principal Characteristic of Nationalist Thought (George Orwell)

“As nearly as possible, no nationalist ever thinks, talks, or writes about anything except the superiority of his own power unit. It is difficult if not impossible for any nationalist to conceal his allegiance. The smallest slur upon his own unit, or any implied praise of a rival organization, fills him with uneasiness which he can only relieve by making some sharp retort.

All nationalists consider it a duty to spread their own language to the detriment of rival languages…..”

George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism”, 1945.

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “Somewhere in the Amazonian Basin”

Somewhere in the Amazonian Basin

Nine-hundred-dollar shoes

Certainly not from factory 961in the PRC

Adorn the religious spreader

Words as thick as peanut butter

Sticky

Difficult for the anyone to digest

Bring God to the dispossessed Amazonian indigenous in some squalid drug and crime ridden town

The great resurrection of Elmer Gantry

Gathering souls in the Christian pantry

Hot breathed babblers

Exploiting and “saving” the miserable

A Joan of Arc messianic mission to oust the devil into retreat

A Veritable Billy Graham feat!

Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: The Distinction Between Nationalism and Patriotism (George Orwell)

“By “patriotism” I mean a devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best place in the world but has no wish to force upon other people. Patriotism by its very nature is defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism”, 1945.

RKS Literature: International Sports Mimics Warfare (George Orwell)

“At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare but the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe-at any rate for short periods- that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.”

George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism-The Sporting Spirit)”, 1945.

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: “FROM THE WHITE ROCKET TO THE WHITE TURTLE”

FROM THE WHITE ROCKET TO THE WHITE TURTLE

Bob has noted my speed when chasing squirrels. I can run like the wind and have great dexterity. My winter walks were always brisk and we could always get from A to B Lickety Split.

Now our walks have slowed down. The snow is shrinking exposing wonderful patches of grass. For some reason I must sniff here, there and EVERYWHERE leaving little time for walking. I don’t know what I am searching for. Like that U2 song “I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For”. When I find it I will let you know.