Save me the Reggae (Save me the Waltz-Zelda)
The dogs are having their morning coffee
breaking the ring of sleep
This is not a poem about you,
anyhow
politically correct you
I dreamt ’bout California
last night,
do dreams have wings,
I dreamt ’bout California
where I once was
a brief fleeting instant
actually a month
actually
less than that
time is all
in the present
for me
do dogs know of time
I wonder
does it matter
I wonder
for an urban hound
who does not have a watch
but watches
who guards the yard
from two dollar prowlers
California was like a fondue
for me
My ex-wife made fon dues
and I tried to tell her
once in a while was okay
but no one
had fon dues daily
as a
base
meal
I tried to tell her things
she, like I,
never listened
to anyone else’s dream
This Poem
went from dogs to California
to an ex-wife to
politically in correct food
Like fon due
this Poem had no substance
In the Marxist Poetry workshop
It would be marked bourgeious
and scattered
which it is
but, at least,
this was not a Poem
a bout you
from 6/9/84-Bob Small-7/17/84
From one of the 1984 issues of Heat Magazine,
A Poetry Publication in which I was one fifth or one sixth of the Editors including
Peggy Carrigan
Roni Chernin
Mary Gabriele
Aaren Perry
Chris Peditto
Lamont B. Steptoe
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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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