A poem a day in April from Rutgers English PhD students and friends.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Doctor of Philosophy

there's nothing about it
you don't like: robes, microfilm,
fancy abbreviated wisdom.

(buildings
vertical no longer
afire)

if you're called doctor
less afraid are your pinings.

though I still smoke weed and watch tv
and call myself a poet.

2 comments:

  1. 'grace to be born and live as variously as possible'

    --http://jacketmagazine.com/10/pixohara/ohara-grave.jpg

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