Bottle To Uncap
for Nickiesha Clarke

made of cream
tall container to last a long time

is it a tin she's in with lid
or a bottle or a jar

how to get her top off
to get at what's inside

is my worry
is what I'd have to figure out

trial and error
or are there instructions, a label

or does the bottle, can or jar talk
is it cooperative

does she come with instructions

words to direct who wants what's within her
as badly as I, how to get inside

what she contains is smooth
confirmed when we meet, when we part

what quality and what quantity of it
for who's lucky, for who's blessed

want her to run out and not to run out
not to waste

like a container which overturns
or like ketchup, mustard or hot sauce

in a bottle or a jar, dropping, smashing

if she stumbled, I'd want to catch her
before she spilled across the floor


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
10:52 p.m. 07.08.08