1 O’clock Mass

i.
ants that we are, wiped out in an instant
can we be as humble as ants are little
as ants are helpless

light enough to float upon the waves of life
come hell or high water
come rain or come shine

ii.
do nations unite or do they divide

certainly facilitate name calling
Haitian, Jamaican
this Englishman
that Russian

iii.
fragility of the state in which we abide
as fragile as the plates
out of which we eat
as the cups out of which we drink

can drop any minute, can crack up anytime

this world we’re in
this globe we’re on

upon a saucer spinning


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2010
Written on Thursday, January 14, 2010
between 1:25 p.m. and 2:55 p.m.