DEATH IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
First?
I stopped by for Emily
And then for all her friends
Sometimes (over the years)
I still forget all their
Names
Writers, poets
Actors & the commonplace
Of sorts, and the royalty always
Received special discounts
And deals
You see you might know me
I’ve been doing this for awhile
I used to keep scrolls
But now that’s just embarrassing
So I just use my phone
And everybody still
Knows my name
Maybe you’ve seen my
Profile on FB?
All the people
Talking about me
Damn .. I’m really popular
Because
Black is out and
Neon is in
I started the trend
By the way
And all the celebrities
Are just dying to
See me as always
So if you’re a famous
Rockstar please don’t
Message me or text me
I’m quite busy
And I don’t do
Crossroads pacts
Anymore
I only accept straight up cash
With no middle men
And these days
As you may have
Already guessed
I only mostly deal directly with
Businessman & politicians
So got a problem?
Wanna be the president?
I’m willing to cut you
A deal
Btw? Did I mention
I’m on FB?
I’ve traded in my
Scythe for a credit card
Of souls and I
Make my withdrawals
Daily
So are you next
On my list?
Wouldn’t you like to be?
What?
The Reaper?
Pllllleeeeaaasssse …
I don’t go by that
Old fashioned name
Anymore
It’s been overused
Blue Oyster Cult & their more cowbell
Saw to that
Nope.
Nowadays
I simply call myself
An extraordinary broker
Of souls
(So let’s talk)
Because death
Is open for business
So
Here’s my card
Expect my call
I’ll be waiting
To meet you
Eventually
Everyone does
~ R.M. Engelhardt 2017
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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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