i don't take myself seriously, don't you

sitting at his regular table he
surveys
the room his realm counts
heads
notes faces calculates

considers

all who attend try to
catch
his eye

he holds
involuntary
court does not
disappoint
a wink here a
smile
there greetings verbal and
non
names used when he
thinks
the effect will be best

those who do
not
like him still curry
favour
try to turn his
head
want what is
his
to give

newer attendees just
wish
to be noticed

recognised

for now

above beneath
beside
never truly
with
the poets the
convenor
sits at his regular table
and considers