Twins
for A.A.A.

just want to hug you, to smell you

wanted to so badly recently
I thought to come by your bank

invite you to come down
to encounter you
for a sacred little while

how alive, with you in conversation
how delicious it always is

what if such contact went on and on
what if your company was the state I was in
a normal state of affairs

not just breathtaking,
not just a time to hold your breath
but the breadth of time,
breadth of nights, of days

eating and sleeping,
defecating and being flatulent
coughing and sneezing

being ill, getting well again
in one space or in shared spaces

what of one love, of being in love,
what of living in love

what an edifice,
what stained glass windows
what joy would sweeten it

or would we not enjoy it
time together from New Year to New Year

from Christmas to Christmas
from Good Friday to Good Friday
from Easter to Easter

in other words, dear girl,
would you join me, journey with me
be joined to me in marriage


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
2:10 p.m. 24.10.09