Rob Plath an amazing poet with such a distinctive voice , I love him
by Rob Plath
Art by Rob Plath
it’s so much nicer
it’s so much
nicer hanging
out w/ the dead
than the living
tongueless jaws
are better
vacant rib cages
are better
empty skulls
are better
horizontal frames
beneath layers
are better
immutable
the skull laughs
when you try
to stifle it
its jaws happily
chattering
b/c it has no
tongue
to cut out
technique
i keep skinning
myself daily
& when that fucker
death knocks
it’ll just be sickle
meeting goddam bone
the final poem
my former lives
i’ve never believed
in past lives
but thinking today
i’ve come to the conclusion
that i probably lived many
& i’m only in touch
w/ all those bones
of my former lives
a long line of skeletons
murmuring in my cells
Rob Plath is a 48-year-old poet from New York. He has published 21 books so far. . He is most…
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