Three themed poems by rob plath

Three poems
by rob plath

the one & only second coming

i know it would've
been very difficult
w/all the blood rushing
to the puncture holes
in his wrists & feet
& also his scalp where
the thorns dug in
but i wonder if jesus
was capable of an erection
while crucified

b/c if anybody in history
had a masochistic side
if anyone loved a good whipping
it was the son of god

i wonder if christ creamed
his loin cloth on the cross
& the pearly fluid
dribbled down the wood
to the litter of skulls beneath
the one & only second coming

++++++++++++++++++++++

the tree of homicide & suicide

i got a taco shaped
fortune cookie
from the little
mexican place
down the road

when i opened it
it said:
"knowledge is
power"

i rolled it up
& threw it down
on the floor
for the cat
to play with

she batted it around
eventually
knocking it
beneath a shelf
among the
dust balls

i think adam
should've
left the apple
& grabbed
the serpent
& strangled eve
w/it

then knotted
a noose
out of it
& hanged his
sorry homicidal
suicidal ass
from a branch

saved us from
that horrid
book that's
come down
through the
centuries

++++++++++++++++++++++

millionaire messiahs

ginsberg
sold
his papers
& relics
to standford
university
for
1 million

one of
the relics
were
his
sneakers

the self-proclaimed
buddhist
didn't
give
them
away

he
sold
them

ginsberg
the
millionaire
messiah

i
bet
if
jesus
had
dodged
the
cross
he
would've
done
the
same

sandals
&
all

Author bio:

Rob Plath is a 37 year-old poet from New York. He's published well over a 200 poems in over 70 magazines and journals. He has one book called "ashtrays and bulls" (Liquid Paper Press--home of the Nerve Cowboy) and five forthcoming this year: "tapping ashes in the dark" (Lummox Press), "sour milk for the soulless" (Cat Scan Press), "my soul is a broken down valise" (Pooka Press), "hooked to an iv bag filled with bile" (Scintillating Publications), and "whiskey and clay" (Pudding House Publications). He is currently the poetry editor of JD Finch's print magazine "the whirligig" and also editor of Henry Chalise's webzine called "neo lampshadian outpost." Back in '95 -'97, he was tutored by Allen Ginsberg at Brooklyn College and later in 2002, he performed on a spoken word/music cd with world famous musician, David Amram.