Robin Black
October 20th, 2008 by Admin
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The One About
i can’t give you that poem, the one about
love being the most valuable thing in the world
the poem with clever similes sprinkled through it
an ingenious rhyme for the word “cupid”.
i can’t give you that poem, the one about
a modern day hamlet as soldier
and claudius as his corrupt general.
i can’t give you that poem, the one about
a butterfly and its complex simplicity,
the one that makes me famous.
i can’t give you that poem, the one about
the electric chair that washes up on the beach
the one that people misunderstand and
conclude that it’s about overthrowing the government.
nevertheless
one of the attack dogs guarding the junkyard
has six puppies outside the gate.
– Robin Black
