In Song On My Porch
for Clifton Ambrister

perfection is a constant
whether through your window
you can see it or not

whether or not
you’re able to feel it
through the membrane you’re in

or know it through your thick skull

it is out there
always is, always has been

I want to bathe in it, be in it
abide in it


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
1:12 p.m. 12.02.09