My Next Duchess
So, I meet this woman, see
and ask her back to my place,
and for some odd reason
(I looked good or
her home looked that bad)
she said yes
and I told her she was
mah ve bus
simple mah ve bus, see
and it wasn’t a lie, see
and we drank wine, see
and we spoke lies, see
and I tasted her body,
that’s the ticket
and we spoke more wine
and drank more lies
till we spun up and off into our outer regions
almost reaching
that area T. love so much
I would almost gladly have someone else die for, see? No?
I mean, it was beautiful, her being an it
(–Parbara always chides me for itserfication.
Who knows persons.)
I mean, it was beautiful
and it was fun
and it was 2 nights,
and it was 2 days,
over a half gallon of wine, see
all while my second ex-wife
lies dying
of a suicide
and tubes and all, see,
pocking her once grand body, see
and there’s a daughter who I’ll have to become Daddy for soon, see
but, like, it was really all just a fun, see
but what it was
but only an it
being, my future ex-wife, my first duchess,
declined
to be any part of it, see
and I still cry, at what that it wasn’t,
surely never an us,
and this damn time
T don’t even need the whiskey
to help me cry, see
this time, they closed my station
progress you see
and I’ll never see her train again, see
just cry dumb tears
at what it wasn’t,
see
6-28-86 from 6-26-86
wish I knew who this was about
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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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