sitting at the same table
watching while
food disappears from my plate
a recognised
invisible hand
reaching across my shoulder
another from beneath a tablecloth
patterned in red white and blue
feeling the hunger
but waiting for decency and manners
to acknowledge that what is served
provided
prepared
by me
I have a right to
realising, eventually, that
the currs will feed first
be favoured
that, in that dining room
chefs
kitchen staff
waiters
are by the by
ignorance is indifferent
much flaunted manners
a learned behaviour
that breeding will out
the pilfered silverware laughs as it clatters
among the nonsensical chatter
lives brokered and bartered
leaded receptacles fall
shatter
and death becomes invited
partakes
its toll growing
while the same knowing hand
sprawls messages
subliminally
and obviously
that counter truth
my table
my plate
my food
stolen from me
while calling me
scavenger
and thief
the parasite
peddling lies
breeding disharmony
and hate
Waited too long
We leave that table
We leave those plates
We leave the inhospitable
We leave
In our kitchen
We have all the ingredients we need
To make a new meal
A better meal
To season it
According to our tastes
We serve it
Share it
Sit at a different table
A round tablecloth of multi-hued
Acceptance
Commensalism
Consumes fairly
Mutualism moreso
We need
A different table
To continue the analogy, I am currently consumed by politics and news. Scunnered by it, to be honest. Like I’ve eaten too much and want to barf. The taste of what is being served inter/nationally and globally has me retching. And I know I’m not alone in this. Between school work, family, writing and following politics and news like a demented disciple, I’m not on WordPress at all at the moment. I even thought to delete my account, thinking ‘what’s the point?’ but I can’t quite bring myself to do that. There’s too much of myself here. Forgive me please for not visiting. I’m sure the urge will return. Until it does, may I offer you all my warmest wishes and blessings and hope that everyone is doing what they can to change the menu.x
