Language Wires
for Michael Pintard

don’t want this language
blowing up in my face

must know how it works

it can be an explosive
or it can be a vehicle

it’s the only one I have
which travels abroad
it travels around the world

I want it to take me places
don’t want it working against me
under any circumstance
or in any situation

whenever or wherever it breaks down
I must know how - I must be able
to get down under it and fix it

whatever noise it makes
however much it drips oil or runs hot

if the radiator of this language
leaks rusty water, I must fix it

I tell you I have places to go
so little time left to go places


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
7:51 a.m. 13.03.08