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Last Poems from the Coffee Cafe [three poems]



1

Live on T.V.
[The Rating War]

“Ratings went up
last week,”
the fat, rich
T.V. station
manager said.

“Due to what
coverage…?”
asked my wife.

“It was
a battle in
Iraq
(or was it
Afghanistan?)

“I’m not sure
but the
enemy just killed
one-hundred
U.S. Marines:
Blacks
Jews
Spanish
Poor Whites!

“The analysis
will now
repeat
the scenes
(verbally)
on the
radio–
cash in,
while they
can!…

#1264 3/7/06

2

Pale-Faced

It took a while, but the while
was willing to wait; pale-faced
one that never saw lightness–,
lightness being something you
give-off, radiate, and receive; but
it never comes from a pale face,

either way.
This maybe hard to believe, but
for some it takes a lifetime to conceive.

#1265 3/7/06

3

Bitter Patience
[At the Bookstore Caf

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