Look See
of Anthia Butler

what does it taste like
what must it be like to be her
it seems so delicious, so enjoyable

unhappy, in pain,
I envy the state she’s in, the life in her,
so without bruises, so new

my life’s like my knees, so many falls

though life’s a circus
it seems she’s always had nets
or is she a swimmer, a dolphin

it seems she’s glided all the way
from birth to this day


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
4:14 p.m. 11/09/07