{"id":447,"date":"2003-04-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-17T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/culture\/poem_benjamin.html"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T05:00:00","slug":"poem_benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/2003\/04\/17\/poem_benjamin","title":{"rendered":"benjamin the well-read cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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benjamin the well-read cat smokes giraffe cigarettes walking
alone beneath the family table, evening News <\/p>\n

reporting (our simple orange friend) stocks sports broken arms agreements a
new solution to fight cancer — it’s never too soon! — and sly ignorance claims
the succulent plant & a habañero <\/p>\n

yesterday’s tremendous newspaper & a favorite cocktail glass we bought
but never understood, puffing away an arched spine
sinuous orange a bowl of uncertain milk falling <\/p>\n

from the stair-case over-the-book-case around the
corner on his three fine feet (still young when he lost the one) sleeping <\/p>\n

on the heavy unfading carpet & suitcase covered
with original confetti the love of Kleenex our <\/p>\n

favorite well-read benjamin
never saw us again, the long streets tuna-paved & lost
through silty avocado eyes. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Written Spring, 1998<\/span> | \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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