Know No Sacrifice
for A. Hamilton

is it because you treated her
like you’ve treated me,
treat people generally,
possibly, why she’s gone

failing to keep promises
live up to obligations
however small

would deprive me
of what’s owed to me
of what’s due to me

in the main time growing
a belly, large, a belly big

all for me baby
when attending a feast
spending, expending, expanding

those to whom you’re tied
going hungry, growing thin


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
3:42 p.m. 09.12.07