I’ve Tried Affection
for N.T.

fuck trying to appease her
trying to please her
off to war, draw
or with gloves off
without referee or ring, lets swing
no longer twisting
like we did last summer


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
2:44 p.m. 06/10/07


Tiny Wholes

God made elephants, antelopes, buffaloes
he also made mosquitoes, mites, ticks, lice
small things too have a job to do
like haiku in a world of epics and sonnets


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
2:46 p.m. 06/10/07