“He’s never had any real training. I just had him taught by sending him along to peddlers on the street corner. There’s no one equal to him if he wants to imitate mule-drivers or hawkers. He’s terribly clever, really. He’s a cobbler, a cook, a confectioner-a man that can turn his head to anything. ButContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast”: Circumcision and Snoring in Ancient Rome (Petronious)”
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RKS Literature: The Torment of Holding Yourself In: “Trimalchio’s Feast” (Petronious)
“Excuse me, dear people, my inside has not been answering the call for several days now. The doctors are puzzled. But some pomegranate rind in water and resin in vinegar has dome me good. But I hope now it will be back in good behaviour. Otherwise my stomach rumbles like a bull. So if anyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Torment of Holding Yourself In: “Trimalchio’s Feast” (Petronious)”
RKS Poetry Anthology: “Go west young man!”
Go west young man! Gasping Retching Tumble rivers of foamy beer and purplish macaroni chunks Spilling into the pavement Steaming in the winter’s frigidity While its stumbling moaning creator Wends homeward to bed and Ready to leap like a tiger upon its unprepared toilers Tomorrow Robert K. Stephen
RKS Poetry Anthology: “Monday (non retired version)”
Monday (non retired version) I lie in fear Waiting Praying Monday morning is but an illusion Camouflaged amongst herds of angry zebra Who lay traps Of joyful Fridays To taunt its believers Robert K. Stephen
RKS Poetry Anthology: “In the interests of productive behaviour”
In the interests of productive behaviour Motivation Goals Group dynamics Profit sharing (for a selective few) Job enrichment Global inclusion Endless performance appraisals Team building All supposedly (by the senior management team) tasty tidbits for the rank and file Bribery for the belligerent Soothed with technocratic brew Psychological trickery Blessed in the holy catacombs ofContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “In the interests of productive behaviour””
RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast”: Trimalchio’s Wife A Magpie with a Rough Tongue! (Petronious)
“Who was the woman running around this place? ‘Trimalchio’s wife’ he told me, ‘Fortunata is her name and she counts her money by the sackful. And before, before what was she? You’ll pardon me for saying so, but you wouldn’t have touched a bit of bread from her hand. Nowadays-and who knows how or why-Continue reading “RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast”: Trimalchio’s Wife A Magpie with a Rough Tongue! (Petronious)”
RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast” : What’s on the Menu (Petronious)
“After our applause the next course was brought in. Actually it was not as grand as we expected, but it was so novel that everyone stared. It was a deep circular tray with the twelve signs of the Zodiac arranged around the edge. Over each of them the chef had placed some appropriate dainty suggestedContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast” : What’s on the Menu (Petronious)”
RKS Literature: Letter from Mozart to Father 3July1778, Paris: Mozart Muses on Life and Death
“I feel comforted because I know that God, who orders everything for the best, however contrary it seems to us, wills it so; for I believe-and I won’t be persuaded otherwise-that no doctor, no individual, no misfortune, no accident can give a man his life or take it away, God alone can do that- onceContinue reading “RKS Literature: Letter from Mozart to Father 3July1778, Paris: Mozart Muses on Life and Death”
RKS Poetry Anthology: “Junkie of sorts”
Junkie of sorts Up the highway flows the citrus juice From Florida Anita Bryant The pusher Scores a hit And all are satisfied Except the Orange Bird Who weeps in lament For she can’t talk And Is forced to sing at gunpoint Robert K. Stephen
RKS Poetry Anthology: “Big Turds”
Big Turds Lie crispy and baking in the sun As the ants pretend its chocolate cake Without Birthday candles Robert K. Stephen
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