Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Without Warm Hips
for L.M.M. & D.A.

I am the seat she’s claimed
but she seldom sits in it

to prevent anyone else sitting in it
she’d leave

her empty glasses case upon it

show after show therefore
I'm all alone


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
4:58 p.m. 6/11/07

2 Comments:

Blogger Esquire of the mountain said...

a non resident landlord..how unfair of her...fencing the land and yet not ploughing it herself...perhaps thats why squatters always invade such lands!

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:11:00 AM  
Blogger Obie Quiet said...

oh, how many metaphors there are for this same suffering - this paradoxical pulling at one's heart strings. I like your metaphor as much as my own.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:59:00 PM  

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