Biscuits To Digest
for S.R-S.

she has a belly for joy
as big as a bus
full of hotel employees
sizzling through the rain

home and warmth
and getting their shoes off
on their minds
and freeing behinds of girdles
imprisoned in them all day

she has a belly for joy
as big as St. Nick's bag of toys
when he takes to the sky
on Christmas Eve

things she's filled her belly with
in five decades
I'm surprised she can laugh
surprised she can lift

though she's filled her belly
with earth, with it spinning still

she's able to lift it
along with my spirit

able to climb stairs
with those she loves
with what she loves
to whom she loves


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
4:44 p.m. 19.02.08