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Popcorn palaces
I remember the popcorn palaces
of the late 1950’s
The Mayfair, The Merben, the-
Saturday Matinees at The Mayfair, the Merben
the 1950’s before the 1960’s
when I slowly left safety
left safety to enter public HS reality
I should never have gone
to a place like that where every extreme-
I found every extreme
I could gain entrance to
and some doors that should have been closed
some doors that should of been closed
that I thought made me an adult
not someone abused by an adult
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I still hold memories
of adventure serials
of cowboy film saturdays
Cowboy film saturdays
seeing them now
should of stayed in that reality
could not of stayed in that reality
time for drugs, booze and
sex of all kinds
sex that was not kind
at fourteen, fifteen, twelve
what did I know
what did I know
should of known more
then to trust an adult with my-
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There was a time
I swear there was time
between the introverted kid
between the introverted kid
reading Lamb’s Shakespeare
and going every Thursday
and going every Thursday
to the bookmobile
and Gene and Roy on Saturday
and Gene and Roy on Saturday
my movie friends
there was a next step
there was a next step
that was waiting for me to find
instead I fell down
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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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