All Rise All Fall
for Lynn Sweeting

artistic rightness
what I aim for, what I aim at
not right for feminist
or politically correct

art has rules, these I follow
like footprints
only the oldest Indian chief
is able to make out
is able to sense

able to trace them
when they cross water
able to taste them in water
this is what I choose
to be about
without apologizing


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
4:20 a.m. 31/08/07