Pino Suárez
for M.L.R.

wondered and wondered
about where I was that day

does she wonder about me now
about my whereabouts

if I'm safe or not or well or not

that day at Pino Suárez
what worry, what concern

is she at all
concerned about me now

if I were thrown to the wolves
it seems, she could not care less

she is careless about me now

about where I'm left
about if I'm left or lost
or could not be found

were I to be left
like lost luggage
like lost baggage

like a lost bag
in lost and found
could I hope to be claimed
to be picked up

no hope at all
of her ever again
showing up on my behalf


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2012
6:13 p.m. 27.03.12

Tepozotlan
for M.L.R.

on her ass,
sitting on the grass

legs crossed,
sucking in, sucking on,
sucking down her cigarette

until all that was left,
butt to throw away

an addict,
after she was done
feeding, satisfying
fierce craving

could again join
her daughter and me

pretend to be-
suggest that she was

ever so human
ever so normal

until she was again
sick for nicotine
sick for cigarette smoke

sick for a cigarette
sick for a cancer stick


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2012
4:38 p.m. 27.03.12