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the plastibell

a pitcher plant luring its prey,
a witch’s broom poised for flight
a light bulb concealing its filament
a plunger suctioning excrement

a tree budding with plastibells in the spring
a child with a plastibell stocking at Christmas
a bird bathing in a plastibell fountain
trading shares of plastibell on the stock market

happy 25th plastibell
our deepest plastibells
a plastibell in time saves nine
I now pronounce you husband and plastibell

plastibells swimming in the ocean, a sailor tying one onto a dolphin just so
a clean knot is all it takes to break the bottlenose

the plastibell, Poetry by Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD

Ben Drum is a hospitalist in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He received a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington.
Rubor Participation:
2022 Poem, "Lying"
2021 Poem, "Wizard"
2021 Poem, "The benefit of the doubt"
2020 Poem, "Med-amorphosis"
2020 Poem, "Gallbladder Pain"
2019 Poem, "Hospital Tourism"

Voices from the Residents:
2022 Chief Editor
2022 Prose, "Med Clearance"
2021 Editor in Chief
2021 Prose, "Fever"
2020 Co-editor
2020 Prose, "Running His Mouth"