Fine 5 Pounds for 5-Pound Words
for Louis Dames

5 pound words in the 5 Pound Lot, flying
like cocks in a cock fight

never an option, fight or flight
necessary, in the 5 Pound Lot, to stand your ground

arm yourself with 20 or so 5 pound words
know how to fling them, how to hurl them

until police come, or in their faces,
in their presence, hurl them too

who will arres who, police hurl
5 pound words too


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
5:56 p.m. 05.07.09