Banhof Altona getting off the bus
There is only one first time
in life
first day in school
first love
first heartbreak
first drink
first last drink
There is only one first time in life
seeing the mass humanity leaving buses trains
dropped off from cars and cycles
walking there walking there
There is only one first time in life
first poem
first poem torn up
first time you realize who you are
first time you are comfortable with who you are
if ever
first time you stop and breathe and
say yes! today!
this air will never come again
First time in Banhof Altona
Buskers singing in German
walkers smoking in German
streeters asking/demanding in German
violins heard in German
sounds! sounds! sounds!
There is only one first time
when you let yourself accept yourself
when you fall in love with the day
with the wife the husband
the other who you have let become significant
the day you embrace alone
getting off the bus
walking to the bar we would later return to
for burnt pig breakfast
the all everything store we would soon return to
all the vendors all the smokers
all the street life
no different
yet
not
the
same
There is only one first time in life
I will revise this Poem tomorrow
Bob Small
3/24/2014
then I revised it on 5/18/14
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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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