Whole World His Stage
for Luciano Pavarotti

he sang high Cs as easily,
as naturally as shining shoes
as brushing teeth or feet
as effortlessly
he worked with a smile
it was easy, it seemed, to please,
to include all the world
he sang to us all, for us all
included those excluded among us
made the lowliest elite


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
1:41 a.m. 08/09/07