Floyd Patterson
for H.L.T.

boxing with the best when my pen’s in my grip
boxing with the best when I grip my pen up

when I have poems to piss, it’s a boxing match
it’s serious business

hold my towel even if I’m knocked down,
even if I’m knocked out, never throw it in

I’ll come back when I come too


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2002
2:09 a.m. 12.08.02