Pledging Allegiances To The Day Poem by Robert Rorabeck

I am the catalytic and amplified
Thug of cold ennui;
What am I doing here
But looking with the cat into
The goldfish’s bowl
While another housewife
Has escaped down the cinderblocks and
Out of her room; but where is she going
But across the canal,
Kissing the otters and the bicycles
Lips along the way
To feel another cold brush
With reason
As the airplanes fly marbling planes
In the make-believe
As all of the high schools open once again
Like nocturnal flowers finally pledging allegiances
To the day.