Where On Earth
To Scratch
for Helen Klonaris

country, another skin
to break out of

to break through

to transcend

skin, though it is
the body's largest organ

and when scratched
we realize how vital it is

it is too often regarded
as a bag we're in

too often seen

because it is this color
or that

as a set up or a set back


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
7:44 p.m. 07.05.08