Quarters for the Moon
for B.M.D.S.

quarters in a slut’s slot
how we gamble with our lives
with our wives
at home alone

quarters for a slut machine
to fill it with
like a piggy bank

doggy to insert also
like hot coffee or coco
running into a cup
filling it up

quarters to make the cup
fall into place

when I’m done
I crumple it up
I throw it away

open the lid to the garbage bin
dispose of what has been

a husband has a wife
to go home to


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
1: 12 a.m. 16.12.08