Provacative Poetry

This is almost convoluted but it’s worth it – the poem below is
thought provoking so it’s worth the read.

It was recomended to me from Ben Mack which was introduced
to him by Andrew Jecklin, it’s a peom by Robert Bruce whose
blog is Knife Gun Pen

Friends, influence or prostitution
by Robert Bruce…

If you continually tell them
what they want to hear
you may gain
an honored chair
at the extravagant tables
of the world

If you play the game precisely
how they want it played
your security in this life
can be perfectly assured
a large salary with profound benefits
a softball trophy, a trophy wife

If you own the right rulebook
and practice with intensity
your name may rest
on the lips of princes
playwrights
and professors

If you learn to use your tongue
as a weapon of perjury
the wildest ambitions
you could ever dream to utter
can be made real
almost instantly

You need only prostitute
your gifts to
the right people
at the right time
to be swept from the presence of
the poor, the ugly, the lonely
and into the company of
the beautiful, the powerful, the loved

All of this can be yours
for the very low price of
a few daily lies
a tolerance for cowardice
a talent for flattery
a slight hardening of the conscience
and the willing slavery of your
fiery immortal soul

This is
The Art of The Fear of Man

If you decide to pursue it
be sure to
luxuriate
in its fruits
while they
are yours

For they are the kind
that only
ripen on
this
side
of
eternity

Please, post your thoughts!

Mark