Why it Closed
Closing of a local unnamed
restaurant in Delaware County, Pa
It was the kind of place
you remembered going to
just knew you had
stopped the going of to
though, like an old lover
you had stopped loving
were not sure why
and surely did not want
to be sure why
It was the kind of place
you had long ago stopped thinking of
in terms of eating adventures
the food “was not bad”
having reached the level of mediocre quite nicely
and like
too many of our elected defective officials
had managed,
like an abandoned property,
to just stay there
It was the kind of place
where you could
stay for hours
stay for hours
waiting to be noticed
not like Lana Turner at a soda fountain
it felt like
sitting at the bus stop
waiting for the eternity bus next stop Hades-
this bus though will come, though
before their waiters
before their waiters
Can’t speak
for anyone else
who stopped going
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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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