Scotty Baldwin Blues

From 1985

I’m not gonna read this poem

expose my

fetishes and

fantasies and

let you all know

that they gotta have at least

one

certified delusion

-_________________________________

oh no,

I’m not gonna

tell you

I live in my past

like it’s just

another room

_________________________


you won’t

hear me

telling you

that I hate modern jazz

______________________________________

no

one’s

gonna make me

reveal I’m a revisionist

and

am

still waiting

for Trotsky to return from Mexico

________________________________-

it’s none of your damn

business

that I only read someone else’s poetry

when they’ve been dead ten years

or write

like it

___________________________

you won’t know

that I usually put on the

opera

only when

there’s no

more football

left

__________________________

and you sure ain’t gonna know

that I put people on hold

when they call

during General

    Hospital

________________________

If I was real smart

I wouldn’t even write this

But I sure as hell

ain’t gonna read this

Bob Small-11/15/85

Scotty Baldwin was a main villain on the daytime soap

General Hospital, when I originally wrote this.

My favorite character


I’m going through the archives and

posting Poems not previously posted

no more

mountains of paper!

no more!

About bobsmall1

Update; Bob Small has been posting, for a while, at URL : https://billlawrenceonline.com/special-election-7-for-2023/ a recent Blog post, vary between local and national politics and whatever. Still Blogging Poetry etc on this Blog. 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 and other venues that have moved or ceased existence. 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. 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/ 10 minute plays, trying to see his 45 collection and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition.
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1 Response to Scotty Baldwin Blues

  1. tasha329@aol.com says:

    LOVE THIS. ANOTHER MASTERPIECE

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