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.