The Wintering This Year-page 9, 10
Deb Simon
EternalIle
copper and wood
Femaile
Rage on
at the cages
we put you in
Rage on
at the metal dresses
you are made to wear
make to wear
as maids
you wear
Rage on
at the images
at the eye
mazes
at the zoos
we put you in
and you allow yourselves to be-
I can only think to know
think I know
when I was a poor pale imitation of a drag queen
I knew noone could ever pay me enough
to wear high heels, night heels
I knew there could never be enough love
for me to be a woman on a
full-time basis
When I tried to be a young gdi
I felt a tiny cent of the rage
a tiny sense of the rage
but I was only a tourist
I could never know
I could never feel the hardness of dreams
the cutting off
of the love
the empty empty
falling from the last roof of the last building
of the last town
Rage On!
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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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