Duet for Man,Woman, Birth, Death , Infinity and St. Louis #4
Man Why are you mad?
Woman Because I think you were playing a game with me last night. And I don’t like it one bite
Man I wasn’t. You were.
Woman Me?
Man I meant all the sweet things I almost said
Woman such as
Man Like I mean I really want to
do the frog with you
dance.till,my pants
go–home
Woman You wanta dance-
Man You gotta pay the band
Woman I don’t mean
real hard green
Man Meaning?
Woman I want a man
who wants me so long, hard, and bad
murder would just be
point one
Man and?
Woman You gotta get it so lid
I ain’t your woman
You’re one
of my men
Man And?
Woman You gotta know
what I want
‘fore the first
finger snap
Man And
Woman You gotta know when I need soft
when I need hard
as a coffin nail
when you gotta be lava
when you gotta be rain
Man And?
Woman I•m gonna cover you
like lava on the ocean
you won’t move
Man the lava lover-a poem inside all this
meaning
Then you will he
20 times 20
past the
definite
infinite
Then you will be
past life
past death
past all the shards and garbage
of simple eternity
Then you will be
Woman Then
you
will be
May be
May be
you ain’t
me
enough
to be that
Man I could be your tomorrow
coming today
Woman Or yesterday
re turning
for a limited
en rage ment
Bob Small-04/30/83-revised
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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.