POEM OF THE DAY BY MICHAEL ROBBINS

We Have the Technology

By the sparklet of certain ciliates cesium

practices its cricket song.

Am I supposed to be impressed? My smoothie

comes with gps.

Take a left at that crustacean. You—yes, you,

with the crisis Isis eyes.

By Odin’s beard, this is snowier than usual. We can

always burn the first folio.

Go bug a dandelion. You’ll have

the elephant of surprise.


-Michael Robbins