At NAGB Last Evening
for Danielle Bethel-Farrington

intensely sweet instant
turn and you fill my senses
too much to bear

even to reflect upon, too delicious
enough for a mouth full of sweet teeth

my fear was
what I’ve written she has not read
what I write of her she does not read

but our relationship has advanced, has deepened
more familiar than we ever were

my mangra-skin gal, another man’s wife
a pretty couple but I’ve invested as well

bucket in the well, words in the world
I’ve added my two bits, two cents

she fills all my senses when I see her
or dream her up or think back


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
3:27 a.m. 10.10.09