"Walking Around" by Rob Plath
i’m
careful
not
to
spit
on
my
own
shadow
the
only
part
of
myself
i
don’t
fucking
hate
"Love Poem #1" by Rob Plath
once i won a chucky doll from the crane game in the pathmark lobby. i used to hide him in different places in my apartment like in the refrigerator or in the washing machine to scare my girlfriend at the time & i even hung him by string in the shower stall on valentine’s day w/ a knife taped to his hand & a sign that said: WANNA PLAY? she still insisted on us
going apartment hunting together...
"Love Poem #2" by Rob Plath
once i was badly hungover & sweating demons & nooses out of my pores when i heard something at the bedroom window. i pushed the curtain aside & my chucky doll was dangling down by a rope from our upstairs neighbor’s window. i remember the orange mop & the freckles as the doll hung doing these slow pirouettes. there was a sign taped to him that read: BACON PIZZA. then i heard my girlfriend’s maniacal laughter from above...