Sm
When you called
I almost forgot
how deep the river was between us
when you threatened me
with something that wasn’t love
but sure wasn’t yesterday
and like I always do
found the right words to say
kinda like Fuck You, Bitch?
ahh, and all this time
I thought I wan’t even a memory to you now you wanta rewrite hictcry
say I never meant to you
sure, we had a love-hate
re late
I loved you
you hated me
but, hey
who spent one July day toiling in your garden
’cause it sure was you who called me
at bright dawn
didn’t I shake off the whiskey and hey,
didn’t you call me to come
and hold you from the demons
and, didn’t I come
and spend a few nights
just holding
nothing more
and wasn’t I crazy to come
after you ‘put your fists on Ine
hot tea, thrown quite qell actually
(you said it was only warm. Details, details.
screams, and desiring to do much more
and, yeah
when you didn’t want to use me no more
and 1 was still hungry in my obsession
didn’t it take ’bout three months
‘fore I gave you silence
now you’re saying this is all just a false rumor love, and I still do
there was once a time””’
here was once a dream
it may have been mostly mine
and mostly crime, and mostly blind,
but, hey
when a tree becomes the paper we write our Poems
on does it mean the tree
never was?
8/14/84 Based on a phone call
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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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