Can Beets Can Corn
for Tia & Keith

a poem
must not be
thought up, brought up
like throw up

it must instead
fall down like rain

instead of thought up
must be inspired

muscles of the hands
or even the whole body
must never be
the author of a poem

its author must be elsewhere
must have no address

no way at all to locate
the author of a poem
or who creates art
or the creator of the universe

can the author be contained
in what he creates

can anyone can himself

we must be free
unbottled
to create


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
11:02 a.m. 24.01.08