Ed Smith

When I first started writing
I was trying to write
Along the way I stopped
Writing poetry that is
Hunting experience instead
To capture it
Wrestle it into captivity
Ed Smith wrecked my poetry
Just slapped me in the face
Told me to stop domesticating it
Observe it in its natural habitat
Where it’s wild and vicious
Where it’ll fuck my shit right up

-T. Weeks