Ice Sea Beauty
for J.B.

write about me
what’s right about me
you’re wrong about me
write about me anyway
if you will, if you please

what, I wonder
does she expect me to see
does she expect me to say

is truth a pill
she’s able to swallow
a bill she’s able to pay


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
8:56 p.m. 27.01.08