FLOATING WITH THE NIGHT
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ART ON A POSTCARD
FELINE DREAMS
AND FERAL SUMMER NIGHTS
WHERE ARE THE OWNERS
OF THESE EYES
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2) ONCE, WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I DREAMED OF FLYING
OVER THE SEPARATED CITY
OF NORTHEAST
PHILADELPHIA
ON A CARPET
NOW I DO NOT DREAM THAT
I’M OLDER
SETTLED,
KNOW
I DO NOT NEED
TO BUY A CARPET
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3) I LOVE MY WIFE
AND MANY OTHERS
WHOSE NAMES
SHALL NOT APPEAR HERE
I LOVE MY WIFE
AND MANY OTHERS
WHO WERE NEVER MY WIFES
(AND WHO OFFICIATED
WHEN DRACULA MARRIED)
AND IF MY OFT CHERISHED
LADY OF THE NIGHT
HAD ONCE OFFERED HER FANGS
COULD I OF SAID NO
AND GRABBED THE GARLIC FROM MY NIGHTSTAND
COULD I NOW
KNOWING
I WOULD GET BORED
AFTER A FEW HUNDRED YEARS OF NAGGING
“You NEVER FINISH YOUR DOGS,
WHOSE BITES ARE THOSE
AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE
1931 SPANISH DRACULA AGAIN
YOU KNOW I HATE
MOVIES WITH SAD ENDINGS”
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS WITH THE SAME WOMAN
IT WOULD BE SO ROMANTIC-
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4) I’LL STAY IN
THE LIFE I OWN NOW
OR OWNS ME
PART OUT OF LOVE
PART OUT OF FEAR
PART OUT OF
HAVING LIVED IN
THIS SWAMP SO LONG
IT’S BECOME HOME
AND HEARTH
AND HELL
BOB SMALL 5-2-01 FROM 5-1-01
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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.