Weston, VA, Comfort Inn
First night
we took what the highway gave us
checking our Triple A book
and being as far
as myself could drive
First night
we just wanted a place
to hang our heads
tv is good even radio
even radio
First night
just a place to stay
before the morning
came to take us
back up onto the road
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Oldies driving in VA
Once they played
“She likes Bread and butter
She likes Toast and Jam”
by The Newbeats
being the first album I ever bought
back when kids bought albums
back when I was a kid
and could get away
with being a kid
Actually, my first album
might just of been
Roy Orbison’s Greatest hits Volume 2
They were sold out of Volume 1
even then I compromised
When you turn on a radio station
and they play an oldie
that you think only you know
then they have caught you
hook line and
can I get them on the Internet
sinker
and you ride it until
the land of deep static
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The land of rain and thunder
This was on the highway
so it wasn’t like
it was anything like
nervous for me to get
so I didn’t
‘course she, looking always
at the other side of things
don’t couples all have one on each side
thought she saw fear
it was just raw
After a while
it just becomes driving again
listen to music
maintain steady pace
talk barely
Later, lying in the bed hearing sounds
you sit straight up, smiling
glad you weren’t in the car when it crashed
only
in the dream
Bob Small
7-22-08 slight change 7-8-13
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Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders,
The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia
Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading,
The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center,
The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore
The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City,
Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues.
He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including
El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die,
Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet.
This is his first Reading in over a year.
Bob Small was Founder and President of the
two decades old Poets and Prophets,
which presented Poetry Readings
in both Delaware County and Philadelphia.
Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the
First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005).
He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties.
He is the Founder and Facilitator of
The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac),
which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties.,
seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook)
Bob is also a founding member and
Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates,
which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook)
He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance.
Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife
and their menagerie of animals.
He is currently focused on writing a Novel and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Delco Debates and Poets and Prophets, which he may return to.
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