Over the Wall
for D.B.A.
i.
want to climb that wall
go places
know places to go
no place to go
unless/must first
go over that wall
Collin erected and left
erect dick to get through it
to bulldoze it with
over or under or through
or around that wall
to be able to take you places
places to go together
to get to
wall to get over
or get through
story to get through
it's several hundred pages long
must turn them and turn them
until I am through
until I am done
hymen, a wall or a page
or a hymn or a prayer
or a piece of tissue
to blow my nose in
to blow my nose on
or do I sneeze
and blow your house in
and blow your house down
It's about time I ate up
your three little piglets
your three little pigs
which one of them went to market
do you dress them in bows
want to be able
to know them when I see them
know them by scent and by sight
when I encounter them
what will I wipe my mouth upon
when dinner's done
when day is done
ii.
what has happened to me
she has happened to me
beyond that I am unable to explain
don't like her over and over again
warning me, suggesting that
nothing can come of it
that it can come to nothing
warning me of what can become of me
if I did not veer off this road I am on
suggesting I am after what/
I am after who I am not gonna get
in spite of my net of words
I manufacture, knit
let fall over her, one an then another
and then another like mosquito nets
these to safeguard her
to have her
to keep her
to and for myself
does not like it seems
being under my net of verbs
or words or under my spell
wanting without end to recover
to go her own way
to do her own thing
iii.
she plays with me
makes fun of me
of my going deaf
of my balding head
does she spare me pain
or does she rub it in
does she bring me grief
or does she bring me joy
often do not know
where I stand with her
or where I stand in this world
at other times,
on the other hand
do not need to stand
I'd be floating on air
impact upon my life
what of my impact upon her
self I am now
self I was then
in March
when we commenced
are selves apart
are worlds apart
have I had
a similar impact upon her
have I as well
turned her world around
turned her world upside-down
she's turned my world
inside out
like a hamper of clothes
when in search of something
or when a thief happens by
to say hello,
to say bye
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2010
Written on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
between 12: 10 p.m. and 6:49 p.m.
for D.B.A.
i.
want to climb that wall
go places
know places to go
no place to go
unless/must first
go over that wall
Collin erected and left
erect dick to get through it
to bulldoze it with
over or under or through
or around that wall
to be able to take you places
places to go together
to get to
wall to get over
or get through
story to get through
it's several hundred pages long
must turn them and turn them
until I am through
until I am done
hymen, a wall or a page
or a hymn or a prayer
or a piece of tissue
to blow my nose in
to blow my nose on
or do I sneeze
and blow your house in
and blow your house down
It's about time I ate up
your three little piglets
your three little pigs
which one of them went to market
do you dress them in bows
want to be able
to know them when I see them
know them by scent and by sight
when I encounter them
what will I wipe my mouth upon
when dinner's done
when day is done
ii.
what has happened to me
she has happened to me
beyond that I am unable to explain
don't like her over and over again
warning me, suggesting that
nothing can come of it
that it can come to nothing
warning me of what can become of me
if I did not veer off this road I am on
suggesting I am after what/
I am after who I am not gonna get
in spite of my net of words
I manufacture, knit
let fall over her, one an then another
and then another like mosquito nets
these to safeguard her
to have her
to keep her
to and for myself
does not like it seems
being under my net of verbs
or words or under my spell
wanting without end to recover
to go her own way
to do her own thing
iii.
she plays with me
makes fun of me
of my going deaf
of my balding head
does she spare me pain
or does she rub it in
does she bring me grief
or does she bring me joy
often do not know
where I stand with her
or where I stand in this world
at other times,
on the other hand
do not need to stand
I'd be floating on air
impact upon my life
what of my impact upon her
self I am now
self I was then
in March
when we commenced
are selves apart
are worlds apart
have I had
a similar impact upon her
have I as well
turned her world around
turned her world upside-down
she's turned my world
inside out
like a hamper of clothes
when in search of something
or when a thief happens by
to say hello,
to say bye
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2010
Written on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
between 12: 10 p.m. and 6:49 p.m.
posted by Obie Quiet at 12:31 AM
3 Comments:
This has to be the best poem you've ever written Obi. Amazing! I felt as if I was listening to Mozart or Beethoven and the notes- words, chords-lines ,tunes-tones took a breath and exhaled sumtin like a catapult.
How sweet and kind of you, Dee. How helpful your comments are. What guidance you provide. You send me poems and you provide me comments. What a great benefit you are. From you I get so much. I am grateful to you and to our MAKER.
Mr OMS...i dare add to your muse's (i suppose) comment..an amazing tribute to love...the lines in comparison to the three little bigs..to be able to recognise her 3 piglets(in her trademark bow ties i suppose)...what a delight!!!
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