One Coin Two Sides

how very close Kemp Road is
to Paradise

when fireworks explode, my house shakes
I open my blinds
at times my window
to see the colorful display

tonight I went out on my porch
sat upon my concrete railing
to watch to wonder to enjoy

Paradise hardly more than a stone’s throw away
from what from where is oftentimes
because of noise,
next to hell on earth


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
12:05 a.m. 8/july/07