David Allen writes

AMBASSADOR’S LUNCH

What’s wrong

with this picture?

The U.S. Ambassador

to Japan is to address

Okinawa business leaders

at a lunch today and

here we are in the press corral

sitting at roped off tables

watching everyone else

eat while we sip our water

and wait for the ambassador

to wipe his lips and

nod in thanks for

the pleasant introduction

from the governor

and spin a speech

about how great

the U.S.-Japan alliance is.

Meanwhile, the press’s unfed

stomachs rumble.

We weren’t fed and

a good free meal

is the major reason I came.

 

 -- Toyohara Chikanobu