Forest Trees
for N.I.

I looked up Saturday
and there you were
almost in the space
within which I stood
within a ring together

outside of it though
how hard you are to reach
to get hold of

my mind leaps to when we met
evening Michael Pintard
and I read -- Janyne Hodder
present, C.O.B. President

you who were most important
to the hoofs of my heart, beating,
making music, leaving hoof prints
as distinct as the horse
of Jesse James, riding into town


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
7:36 a.m. 28.01.08