Kevin Ramsden
King Ubu’s Web
(An Inter-view with Kenneth)
permission to be problematic
to be
the sound of the words
the weird word things
become hypnotic
like carving stone
you don-t have to worry
words always say something
imaginary solutions to imaginary problems
and ask those hard questions
you know
the internet
genuinely makes the world
smarter
because everyone talks
about everything except the writing
so deal with the chatter
you-re off the hook
but everybody is so hooked
you know
there-s too much to know now
but fish get hungry
there-s not enough oxygen
you-re in trouble
if you have to depend
on ‘pataphysical inquiry
i don-t recommend it
distracted by the wrong things
fictitious and obnoxious
desperate and sad
so you know
i don-t know
i don-t really care
i-m doing
and that-s the kind of thing i-m doing
you know what i mean?
oh
before I forget
there-s a party at the rich collector-s house
Kevin Ramsden is a newly emerging poet whose poetry appears in the Fall 2019 issue of Fine Lines. He is an undergraduate American Studies major and Writing TA at Oregon State University–Cascades in Bend, Oregon, where he recently became a recipient of the university’s 2019 Layman Fellowship.
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