Kenny & The Beach Boys
for Erica Wells

enough to make a poem of

how timid I am
of her unreadable reactions

unmoved,
unable to be or unfriendly

unable to tell usually
what she's thinking or feeling

unable to be stimulated

so easily disconcerted
without reinforcement
without affirmation

emotional gaps
when interacting with her
usually too wide

as warm once as muffins
one sister or another used to make

some of the cake batter
pan just out of the oven

handed to me
could select anyone of a dozen

parting after the film debut
in Rawson Square recently

more cheer, more enthusiasm
than ever before

farewell was hello
provided a cheek for a kiss

a wish which was a dessert dish
scoop of ice cream or two to fill it

miss my sisters' introductions
to life's finest things

Big J, The Nassau Beach,
The Rum Keg


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
1:36 a.m. 31.03.09