
IN THE CHURCH OF
COFFEE AND SMOKES
“And now,
Let us all pray”
Ex-hale.
Does anybody
Have a cigarette?
Let’s all talk about your day,
Light up simultaneously.
Oh Lord,
I need more sugar
In my coffee
And not that artificial
Crap
Confession;
One on one,
Let’s all talk about
All of your sins,
Smiling.
No hail Mary’s, no regrets
For our God only demands
More cigarettes.
And that you light up
And get happily caffeinated
So that all, will be “forgiven”
Does anybody have another cigarette?
He hears your prayers
So pray, to Saint Marlboro
And they shall all be answered
More coffee?
More taxes?
More bullshit from the masses?
This religion, is getting damn expensive
“Amen”
___________
R.M. ENGELHARDT 2011
In The Church Of Coffee & Smokes …
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(TALON) R.M. Engelhardt has published several books over the last two decades including Nod~Logos~Alchemy~The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt and others. A poet & writer, Engelhardt through his ideas and visions has helped to create a large amount of the Upstate, Albany, NY spoken word~poetry scene and is the former host of the long running "SCHOOL OF NIGHT" an Open Forum-Mic For All Poets held each month in Upstate NY. His work has also been published by many journals on the net & in print including Retort, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, Fashion For Collapse, 2nd Avenue, Hobo Camp Review, Danse Macabre, Full of Crow, The Outlaw Poetry Network & many others.
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