The Conference at RCC

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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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