Windows Swing Open

i.
do you want a sandwich made slow
or a sandwich made quickly

eat it slow or eat it swiftly

ii.
how meaningful though
these instances of integration

visitor drunk,
wanting a man, a native
to go to bed with

she white as putty
he black as tar

iii.
a prophet is without honor
in his own home town

and if you’re not a prophet
it’s even worse


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
12 :09 a.m. 10.06.06