The Conference at RCC
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The Conference at RCC
by
Michael H. Nguyen
At the conference at RCC
thirty-three speakers
spoke
within
rooms filled full of
family members mentors
friends
inside QD 103 panel 1B
the titles nanotechnology
stem cell research
the destruction of the world
in panel 1C
the topics freudian analysis
entertainment based epistemology
the expression of love
platos symposium
they all had a place
a place to speak
eloquently
speaking almost always in sets of three
but I
I spoke at panel 1D
read my poem out loud
about zombies
to my dismay
an empty crowd
sat puzzled with blank expressions
I sighed
when at the end
there wasn’t a single question
so I thought about that time
the laureate said
yes
poetry is the answer
but I read my poems
and realized
there had to be
a question
first
for there ever to be
an answer
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