Well of Rubies
for A.G.M.W.

let it slip in, slide,
let it slip and slide
let it slip inside

inside where it belongs

long, long way to go
to get to the end of the road

to the end of the passage inside
Passage to India
to in-deep inside her

intercourse after all
knew it would have come to this

tear a page to get inside her
for us to get besides ourselves

let dba be as annoyed as she likes
we had this date like Stella and Stanley
from the outset

drawn to her a long time
had to wait until she graduated
to insert rubies in her opening

within wet lips
knew she always wanted it-
to swallow this- to swallow dick

to have it rub against
the-man-in-the-boat
the man in her boat
her man-in-the-boat

push him aside to get inside her
squeeze my way into where
I'd fit well- into where I fit well
well to dip in- to dip up water

pussy will spill tears, will spit juices
pussy lips spitty
as my dick head


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
9:07 a.m. 30.07.11

Eggs I should have Boiled
for D.B.A.

all out poured upon the ground
milk enough to make so many cakes

instead of in a baking pan
so very many eggs
broken and emptied out
upon the ground as well

so very much of me, wasted
attempting to love a girl 19
she will be 20 in 14 weeks
in love with her from 17

about 3 years
of emptying out myself
upon the ground

most precious- most expensive
substance, elements of me
I thought to impart

dish with my heart,
this too dropped and broken
so much on the ground
or down the drain

affair that I sometimes thought
was like a dream
risked loving, giving, sharing

but it has thus far
added up to nothing more
than poems on paper

what will they come to be worth
when

I might die not knowing
die assuming it was all a failure

experiment of heart and soul
biggest investment I have ever made
in this life, on this earth


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
11:39 a.m. 27.07.11

JFK Cuba
KFC Cuba
for Castro & JFK

is Cuba really breathing in and out
or is it a place that is
in a lot of ways- as well as on
a lot of levels- holding its breath until

holding it until it can find relief
or until relieved

Cuba unprepared to say Uncle
determined not to say Uncle

even if it is turning blue
even if expiring, even if dying

determined not to cry, not to cry out
not to cry, ow! ow! ow!

hurting, however much,
Cuba is determined
to make music and dance

'59 Fords and Chevrolets,
smoking, backfiring

smoking, choking too,
Cuba lights up another cigarette
another cigar

good to go, good to go on
as long as the fight lasts
as long as they have to

this embargo,
lasting a few life times
grin and bear it
Castro does, Castro has

endure until the cows come home

is it unknown who killed
John F. Kennedy in '63

is Cuba in jail because of this
because of it

who was it who was
sentenced to death for this
for that assassination


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
7:58 p.m. 09.07.11

19, 38, 57
for D.B.A.

you want to smell me
feel me, taste me

you want to chafe me
relieve me/leave me
no longer chase

that is if I ever was
that is if I have been
since a long time ago

I have decided
to let you have
your heart's desire
decided to let you
overdose on me

decided to see
that you are satiated,
intoxicated

D'Anthra juices,
all you can wash your face in
all you can swill,
all you can swallow

make me as sloppy as you like
as sloppy as can be

I am going to let you see
if you like actually
what you'd fantasize about

what you have been
fantasizing about
for too long
far too long

see if you'd skin up your upper lip
because you'd have had enough
or because you want more
and more

ram goat, billy goat
come ram me as hard
as you like
for a night


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
2:35 p.m. 10.07.11

Ideerah

what has happened
I was wondering
to the pretty, pleasant girls
at the cash register

who know just how
to treat a customer

this one, too young
where did she come from
with manners
as rough as the grave-
as tough as nails

frightening
how aggressive
how insensitive
I thought she was

impolite and never smiling

I turned away and turned back
it was as if a season
in an instant, changed

contrast so stunning
I could hardly believe
it was the same girl

terrible look upon her face
in an instant was someone
terribly beautiful

that deserved recording
by no less a camera
no less a cinematographer
than Sven Vilhem Nykvist

in color though
rather than in black and white
the difference between
day and night

and what sparked it
I wasn't sure

I asked, she told me
it was nothing

something she
and the boy packing shared

she cashing
and bagging
what she sold as well

insisting that the tip
was hers not his

what a mask she wears

Afghan girl,
Sharbat Gula's face
not more frightening
than her face is usually

like something wild
about to spring
which just might spring
and you had better beware

that other mask
underneath it though
her laughing face

ecstatic about life
about being alive

happy and I was unaware
thought she was made of nails
throughout and all through

only to find her
full of petals also
underneath facade
as soft as could be
as pretty as could be


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
2:07 p.m. 22.06.11

In Raincoats
in Tortuguero
for Ileana & Rafael

her husband,
with what attentive eyes,

is able to observe
what stretches of silence

while his wife, vivacious,
talks, thoughts
flashing swiftly,
puts into words
adds to what's in this world

what I found to own
to want to make my own

shade of her skin
brown, baked in what oven

she said she swims
almost everyday

but only heaven
can explain her color

it is not just in response
to the sun in the sky


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
9:22 a.m. 13.05.11