Dreamers #3 To Maralyn lois Polak

Have been reviewing my 1980’s Bacchanal related work for

a possible project.

Most of these will be from the 1980’s

 

 

Dreamers #3 To Maralyn Lois Polak

You deserve a clean sheet of paper
a book of dreams
brought to you by the man of your dreams, and-lately your nights have been marred by
nightmare men
knights in shining horror
with knights and nights like these better you should have days-

let me start again
You deserve a clean sheet of paper
a clean well-lit room with
a clean well-lit man
who is as lit and literate as you
as scintilate as you
as invertebrate as you
he should have the body of Sylvester Stallone and
the mind of Truman Capote
why have you ended up with the reverse, the perverse
You deserve a clean sheet of paper
for writing so much of the world’s dance
ro mance and
fools to chance
and surviving the nights that became knives
and surviving the nights that became knives
still possessing a laugh, the words
and none the worse for wear
wearing the world, not
(over)
letting the world wear you down
down to the empty stone
used to mark endings

Bob Small

originally 8/2/86

revised slightly on
4/19/16

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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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