Maybe I don’t Understand
but a broken spirit drieth the bones*
Maybe I don’t Understand
what it’s like
to get minimum wage
in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s
minimum wage=maximum rage
Maybe I don’t Understand
Maybe I don’t Understand
what it’s like to feel
that my whiteness is holding me back
watching all these “others”
going places I never will
Maybe I don’t Understand
Maybe I don’t Understand
what it’s like to live past hope
each day longer than forever
each night ends with a seat in a bar
or someplace just as cold, as far
Maybe I don’ t Understand
Maybe I don’t Understand
the need to need a Saviour
right now in this time and this place
on this planetary piece of dirt
and if the only Saviour is a Fuhrer, so be it
Maybe I don’t Understand
* From the Proverb
Pleasant Words are …Sweet to the Soul
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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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