Hole or Whole
for M.M.

what of the hole in you that I can fall down in, fall down through
what if I got too near, what if I lost my footing

what if I slipped, went sliding
round and round and down the drain, the tube

out into the bay, out to sea
end up in a woman to be lost or to be born again


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
8:42 p.m. 25.10.09