Variations on a Terrier for four paws in C
For Alfie, our Terrier
We were at night it was walking
me and the terrier, we have nicknamed Mr. Alfie
twenty pounds of terror also our
little monster, our favorite terrorist
He’s a barker inside but outside
outside he attracts middle aged women
and younger and younger who think
“oh, he’s so cute”, which you can say about
any person or creature you don’t have to live with
any person or other creature you don’t have to live with
the street like we said was dark and suddenly in the middle
of the street stopped a fox like creature who watched Alfie
as a walking morsel if not a full meal
if not a full meal I shone my flashlight
and fox went to the bushes on the other side
and we proceeded hastily home with wife
just returning with her lab subtitled Rosie
later in that night the middle of
a creature howled outside our house for an hour
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Later in that night
a creature howled outside our house for an hour
we did not ever really see it
whether fox like or wolf like or or or–
All three of our canines barked
we did not go outside
I thought of it thought better
still think of it
Why are foxes on the streets of Swarthmore
why deer
what is it we are doing not doing
who do we share the land with
What knowledges do we no longer have
what faith have we thrown away
what was life like before cities before boroughs
what might it become again
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About bobsmall1
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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