Public Relations

Everything is a sale

and every day

another act.

A week is a work

eyeing marks

like a carny.

Smile and shake

hoping intermission

will hold

while we hawk

more tickets

on the street.

Dream again

a proper

freak show life

somewhere

far away

from hating

what we do.  

At the Convention Center

At the convention center

people wait

to start their day

smile and shake hands

and things are all O.K.

echoes in the large, cool rooms

as people mouth the lines

they need to speak

the trip justified

an expense account,

a line checked off

A life of unpacking

and catching the next plane:

awake, realize what you have

and dissipate this pain