Having Intended to Merely Pick on An Oil Company, the Poem Goes Awry | Poem by Bob Hicok | Film by Joanna Kohler from bike company slogans Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 45 sec
✓ Published: 28-Jul-2012

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Having Intended to Merely Pick on An Oil Company, the Poem Goes Awrynby Bob HicoknnNever before have I so resembled British Petroleum.nThey—it?—are concerned about the environment.nI—it?—am concerned about the environment.nThey—him?—convey their concern through commercials,nin which a man talks softly about the importancenof the Earth. I—doodad?—convey my concernnthrough poems, in which my fingers type softlynabout the importance of the Earth. They—oligarchs?—nhave painted th