Pictures Book
for T.L.C.

unable to push
or disrespect her
expect resistance if I do

ready to fight
willing to fight, able to fight

claw marks
teeth marks
able, willing to leave these

wilderness, wild,
awake these at your peril

I’ve encountered tiger cats

triggered off
what is opposite delight

I’ve released creatures
of the night

wings flapping in my face
bats which had been
hanging upside-down, napping
fleeing

I in their way, bats in my face
fear fill my shoes
as well as my pee


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
6:12 a.m. 10.02.08