Poetry
Ron Plath
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
forget flowers--knives make better bookmarks
ron plath
i've
been
using
a
long
thin
pocket
knife
for
a
bookmark
a
surprised
visitor
asked
me
why
&
it
was
then
that
i
realized
it
may
be
b/c
sooner
or
later
words
won't
delay
the
inevitable
rsplath@speedymail.org
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drinking steadily through slow deaths & sudden endings
ron plath
to save money
i use old grocery bags
to line my kitchen
garbage pail
small plastic sacks
less than 1/4 the size
of the average liner
i keep tying them by
their thin handles
which rip sometimes
& tossing them
into the bin outside
it looks like a bunch
of cysts accumulating
a cluster like the tumors
of days gone by
in another pail
the landlord has
one hefty, black
body bag-like sack
i stare at both
&i don't know which
disturbs me more
either way, i notice
an increase
in the empty beer bottles
in my recycling bin
rob plath is a 40 year old poet from ny. his latest monster book A
Bellyful of Anarchy (epic rites press 2009) is loose around the world.
he lives alone with his cat and tries his best to stay out of trouble. rsplath@speedymail.org
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