Mallory Knox
for Z.P.A.

i.
what if you chose every day
just to live until you died

how many days, how many deaths
would you die before you died

ii.
mayhem has taken root, has taken hold
has taken over

iii.
blow up your ass
or blow your ass up

which of these did you offer, will you do
on a hot summer’s day
on a cold winter’s night

which of these will you do
to demonstrate your love
and devotion


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
Written between 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.
on Sunday, November 29, 2009,
while watching “Natural Born Killers”
at The Hub, on Bay Street, in Nassau.