Pulitzer for Kisses
for S.R-S.

attached to you
to be the predicate
of your situation
job, marriage

predicate of a marriage
fallen apart

posture to adopt until, like ice
in a drink you once liked
you liked once, your marriage
dissolved completely

when, according to Brideshead,
such is an impossibility
unless and until
your spouse is deceased

would we ever be able
to live in peace

instead, always in bits and pieces
instead of whole peaches, whole beets
instead of my being able to hold you
your being able to hold me

will we ever be able to kiss in public

I used to live in Paris, used to kissing
on trains


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
4:06 p.m. 29.02.08