So Robert Rauschenberg was an artist, and I admired a lot of his work. He passed away while I was writing “WTF,” and, since I often catalogue current events into my poetry, his passing made a cameo in the poem.
*Note: I don’t often read obituaries, but I read his.
Here’s a snippet from “WTF" which is available in the Poetry section as a digital download.
“Slightly
Despondent poet
Musters up
Enough energy
To read Rauschenberg’s
Obit
Is
A
C
T
U
A
L
L
Y
Able
To focus long enough
To read
The whole spread
Which is kinda like waiting
For an automatic
Door
”
Monogram, 1955-1959, a “combine” created by Robert Rauschenberg
