Jaclynn
for Mark H. Baker

all the way black
all the way back

to where I used to be
to the way I used to be

back then/back when
growl of elephants
used to wake me

or the chatter of chimpanzees

I want to take off my panties
go back there/back where I was

before shit hit the fan
before slavery began


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
2:03 a.m. 12.04.09