Smiling Proof

 

To an artist,

A writer, a sculptor,

To the poet alive

In most of us,

A young man

Standing in line,

His palm firmly planted

On the right cheek

Of his lover’s bum,

Her left breast

Pressing against his chest,

The cooing, his lips

On her hair,

Her left hand

Wandering,

Is an inspiration,

Smiling proof that life

In its beauty

Thrives in spite

Of the crap

Going on in the world,

Then some old fart

Some young crank

Try to fuck up

The whole day

Going on and on

Why that’s what’s wrong

With the world,

Why they should be

In church, in the army

Learning respect and discipline.

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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