Why My One Voice
for Hubery Ingraham & Paul Faquerson

rattle my teeth, my house,
my bones when vehicles
with their music
go booming by

what is suppose to be my home
shaking like a bird, its nest, its eggs
when vehicles thunder by

don’t care if they crack shell or glass
if we crack up, unable to take anymore

have to complain and complain
about what is already against the law

busy in the House of Assembly
passing more laws
when existing laws
are completely ignored

everybody marking time
no body on the job
no body for law and order
no one it seems
wants an orderly society


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
2:14 a.m. 23/10/07