Bread and Cake by Kevin Prufer

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 5, 2014   Bread and Cake   Kevin Prufer

The black Mercedes with the Ayn Rand vanity plate crashed through the glass bus stop and came to rest among a bakery’s upturned tables. In the stunned silence,  fat pigeons descended to the wreckage and pecked at the scattered bread and cake. The driver slept, head to the wheel. The pigeons grew rich with crumbs. The broken glass winked. God grinned.              Copyright @ 2014 by Kevin Prufer. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “I was driving down Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, when I noticed the erratically driven car in front of me with the Ayn Rand vanity plate.  I couldn’t help but imagine it plowing into a nearby bakery. I suppose the pigeons in my poem represent most of us—though I’m not sure if God is grinning at the economic system that brought them such good fortune, or at something else.” —Kevin Prufer   Kevin Prufer’s most recent book of poetry is Churches (Four Way Books, 2014). The editor of numerous anthologies, he is a professor of English in the creative writing program at the University of Houston. Most Recent Book by Prufer   Churches (Four Way Books, 2014) "Road Trip" by Kurt Brown "Rest." by Richard Jones "Parking Lot" by Stephen Sandy Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit poets.org   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038