Artwork © Richard Spisak

 

Meet me at the plaza in Gaza

Meet me at the poolside bar, ITS NOT TOO FAR.
At the plaza in Gaza, It’s all very nice, We stayed there twice.
There’s a charming lil casino, It reminds me a lot of RIO
WHERE when you ask for a shot, believe it or not,
the drink is served from a pitcher, forged from a converted cartridge
          belt.
It’s very very chic and svelte.

The modest models there, the fashion can’t compare.
Their clothing’s made the motif displayed.
Its a Kevlar bikini with a flack jacket stole,
it’s just how they roll. But you gotta watch out on the beach,
cause the lifeguards compete as sharp shooters replete,
so make sure you bring your towel from the tower cause after an hour
on the sand – They might mistake your dark tan, For some kinda
          commando.
They may not understand though, you’re one of the guests. You know
          the rest.

Until you’ve confessed in the state of undress, your testimony under
          duress
and even a stress position, which we know isn’t torture,
can damage the furniture. And mar your stay, on your holiday in Gaza.
It’s never complete until from your seat in the theatre where
you get to hear the children’s chorus, where they implore us for food
and I’m told it’s not rude to leave’m to starve, right out side in the yard.

But at the poolside cabana, not even a banana. You gotta understand
what they’ve done with the place. Rubbles gone, now replaced
with a five star cafe, With starving starlets galore – They’ve so much
          fashion
and more, fascist fashion galore! Hardly any, well not much more gore.

The casino’s complete, and while their still an occasional bombing,
let me point out INSTEAD the lovely GIVENCHY awning is above your
          head.
Time on the shooting range is still mandatory at this stage For every
          looter,
that you’re the shooter. You can claim a stack of chips, so go head, let’r
          rip

 

Richard Spisak began his artistic career as a light artist in the Lumonics Studios of Mel Tanner, a legendary Light Artist. After serving under Jack Horkheimer as a planetarium operator at the Miami Space-Transit Planetarium, he left to begin traveling with Lumist Kenvin Lyman, whose show Dazzleland Studios traveled across America. Richard later worked as a Laserist with LASERIUM and Laser Productions, served as a technical producer for the festival company PACE Concerts, and later as operations Manager and Senior Producer at WWHP and WTCN-TV in Stuart Florida.

Richard writes for Theatre, TV, radio, and the web. He published two short story collections, Two Small Windows, in a Pair of Mirror Doors, and Between the Silences. Followed by his poetry collection 7370 Allen Drive and the recently released STONE POETRY. Richard also produces “POETS of the East,” a televised webcast featuring poets from across the globe.