Leap Athlete
for Frank Rutherford

triple jump or run
or high jump

out of the Third World
into the real world
into the First World

out of third class
in the third world

into first class
in the First World

so many layers
like deep under water
to ascend through

to where there's air
atmosphere


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
6:57 p.m. 04.02.08