Published in Farrago Creative Writing Edition 1992

Political Poem No. 4

 

 

Imagine this:

 

Karl Marx has arrived in your town

He is introduced to the mayor

A picture is taken with Miss Community

They cut a ribbon

There is a dinner

A man in a black suit talks

You eat dessert

 

And all you can remember, is the smile of the waitress who served you first. Your mother always warned you to never read too much into things like that.