Rob Plath is a 37 year-old poet from New York. He has published well over a 150 poems in 50 magazines and journals in print and online . He has one book of poetry called Ashtrays and Bulls published by Liquid Paper Press--home of the Nerve Cowboy and has a forthcoming chapbook from Cat Scan Press called Sour Milk For The Soulless. He was one of the last students to study under Allen Ginsberg from 1995-1997. In 2002, Rob went into Tiki Studios on Long Island to take part in the recording of the Jack Kerouac tribute spoken word CD 'Northport Celebrates Jack' which features world famous musician David Amram on all its tracks. Plath is currently the poetry editor for The Whirligigzine.
king of detours
become a king today
order mr. routine to be beheaded
take a match to the itinerary
play fucking hooky
go sit in a cafe and drink coffee
go sit in a bar and sip a drink
in the middle of the day
give the middle finger to the sun
sit on a stool or in a chair
play the jukebox
punch those codes in
and just sit there and listen
sit there like a king today
the king of detours
the easter bunny & the american way
spring is here today and soon those
over-sized blow-up plastic lawn
figures of the fucking easter bunny
will be standing on suburban properties
among leftover patches of dirty
styrofoam-like snow
at one time as a child i used to be excited
for this holiday
i loved the shiny plastic green grass in the baskets
the chocolate of course
the bags of jelly beans
but now the first thing that comes to mind when
i see these big rabbits waving at me
as i pass through the streets is: boxcutter
i can imagine the feeling of the blade
slashing through that giant plastic bunny
then the sinking of it down into a wrinkled sack
exposing it for what it really is:
not a flourish of colors
and a big welcoming bucktooth grin
but just a bag of empty air on the inside
not a promise of renewal and shiny gifts
but just a basket of void
kinda like the american flag
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By: David Blaine (Guest) on 23-04-2007 04:37