THE TRUTH OF MEMORIES -PART 2
BETH BLAURELT
CA PHAROH AND DR RYAN
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OIL ON CANVAS
LONELY APARTMENT
HE SITS THERE
IN A WAIT
IN A TIME
IN A TOMB
HE WILL. LISTEN TO MUSIC
LISTEN TO IN
SIDE
NOT START
ONE
SINGLE
THING
BECAUSE SHE
MIGHT DECIDE TONIGHGT
IS HER NIGHT
TO SHARE WITH HIM
TO PLAY WITH HIM
TO PLAY
WITH
HIM
HE WATCHES THE STEREO
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HIS FLESH
HER TOUCH
HIS FLESH
HER NON-TOUCH
THE SCARS HAVE ALMOST HEALED
FROM LAST TIME
THIS, HE KNOWS,
MEANS IT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO LONG
HE REMEMBERS TOO MUCH
THE. TOUCH OF HER HEELS, HAND, HEART,
HAIR AND HOWLING
HE REMEMBERS GIVING HIMSELF
TOO EASILY AND TOTALLY
SHE DID NOT USE ROPES
DID NOT
NEED
TO
HE PICKS UP THE BOOK
HE HAS STARTED TO READ
NOW COMES TIMES FOR OTHER FANTASIES
WORDS, CIGARS, WHISKEY SHOTS
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SMOKES BAD CIGARS
AND WAITS
TO HEAR
HE SITS THERE
IN A WAIT
IN A TIME
IN A BUBBLE
HE SITS AND LISTENS
DRINKS A CIGARETTE
SMOKES A BEER
WANTS TO BREAK
THINGS
GLASS EGGS CUPS
ANYTHING
AS THOUGH BY BREAKING
HE COULD BREAK THE SILENCE
IT WAS A NIGHT THEY EXCHANGED
THEMSELVES/PHONE NUMB ERS
SOMETHING NOT QUITE LOVE
NOT QUITE LUST
NOT QUITE TRUST
IS IT NOW RUST AND FROST
HE WAITS
TO SEE A WOMAN
NOT ABOUT A HORSE
HE WANTS TO SCREAM
AND DRINK OLD WHISKEY
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CAN A NEEDLE APPEAR
IN THE DISTANCE
HE HEARS A BUZZER RING
KNOWS
IT’S NOT FOR HIM
THIS TIME
REVISED 7-25-01
note: about a previous girlfriend, i think
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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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