A poem by Kenneth Keating

 
Rhizome

a plateau in the milieu
climaxless
one long plateau
many long plateaux
tray-pan-bed
trays-pans-beds
tray-pan-beds

subterranean stem
multiplicities
without end
infinite
infinite plateaux
interlude
intermezzo

subterranean plateau
climaxless tray-pan-beds
infinite subterranean interludes
stem
without end

milieu without end
tray/pan/bed one long
plateau climaxless stem
multiplicities subterranean
intermezzo

intermezzo infinite
subterranean
interlude without end
or beginning
plateaux
 
 
Kenneth Keating is a poet and academic who has recently begun to publish in various magazines including Poetry Bus, Revival, and Boyne Berries. He is editor of Smithereens Press.