Before super models
Ruled the earth
There were people.
Before idiots
Controlled
The government
There were wise men.
The future
Is now
The past.
Desolate faces
Ride subway trains & buses without
Hope. Hoping.
And politics
Has become
A children’s
Game.
While going down
On Madison Avenue
The persuaders,
Manipulators & Predators Worship
In churches
Of nothingness.
In churches
Of shit.
The media
Ignoring What is To come
And be.
Because it’s Bad for publicity
And bad
For business.
That these truths
Are self-evident.
That people
Are dying
Over oil reserves
In the Middle East.
That people
Are being denied
Their rights.
That No one has
The balls to
Stop the maniacs
Who’ve taken over
Our lives.
So just accept it.
Relax.
Buy a coke
And a smile.
As the lights
In your child’s
Eyes
Dim.
Fade.
And go out.
_____________
~ R.M. 2005
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R.M. Engelhardt is a poet, writer and author who over the last two decades has published over 16 books of poetry including "Nod" "Logos" "Alchemy" & "The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt. The founder of the Upstate NY organization Albany Poets & the Annual Poetry Celebration The Albany Word Fest he has through his ideas & visions helped to contribute a large amount of advocacy and creativity to the Spoken Word~Poetry Capital District scene and is the former host of the long running readings Vox, Propaganda, Listen & currently is creating a new resurrection of one of the area's most well known open mics for poetry and spoken word THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT in Troy, NY held on the last Wednesday evening of each month at the incredible nightclub/speak easy bar THE BERLIN IN TROY NY. His writing has also been published by many journals such as The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, The Hobo Camp Review, Full of Crow, on the Outlaw Poetry Network & in many many others.
Look for his books "WHERE THE PEOPLE'S VISION PERISHES 2020" "DARK LANDS (2019 on LuLu, Amazon & At Barnes and Noble) The Resurrection Waltz, 2012 ( Infinity Press) & "COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS" ( 2018 Alien Buddha Press 2018) " DarkLands" 2019 & "Where There Is No Vision" 2020 and his new books, "WE RISE LIKE SMOKE" (2021) & Of Spirit, Ash & Bone (2022) all available on Amazon.com
He is also the Editor of the small independent poetry press DeadMansPressInk.
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