It certainly feels strange to put a comment box under a poem as I'm sure it must be strange to try and think of a relative reply. With that in mind, I would like to welcome you all to do me a solid and just leave me a smiley or something so I know you've been here. Thanks in advance. Yours truly, DJ Funktual

The Waiter

*****by James Freund

The opportunistic circumstances

surrounding human interaction

allow this grifter to cruise

the social pipeline with dexterity.

Hunting fun and abusing words

and ears with rhetorical mischief.

Capitalizing fully on happenstance,

a sycophant of convenient ignorance

skillfully swallowing each clitoris

in exchange for honesty and reason.

Luring them unrecipricated love

and gultlessly sending them away

with a smile and a fond memory.

They leave their currency on the table

while I curse them, salivating.

Maniacal laughter behind my eyes

scanning the public for new fools

but that's just me at work.