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Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-05-02 10:15 AM

Little Felix ain’t
no dummy.

He likes to read.
One night a week
he’ll take a break
from turning tricks,
and goes down to
the Free Public Library
at Logan Square.

He goes there after school,
and stays until it closes at ten.

He’s a special fan
of Russian literature.

He lives for Dostoyevsky,
and Gorki.

One night he’s coming out
of the library,
a guy stops him,
and starts up a conversation.

“Hi son,
you like to read—
huh?”

“Yeah, what’s it to you—
and I ain’t your son.”

“I know you’re not.
I’m a poet,
would you like to
come to my place
and hear me read
some of my poems.”

“Yeah, I could do that.
It’ll cost you a c-note.
I don’t do anything for free.”

The guy takes Felix
to his place
up on Spring Garden,
sits Felix down,
and starts reading
his stuff.

Felix finds his work
boring and tiresome
as hell.

Felix lets the guy drone on
for about an hour,
and can’t take any more.

His eyes start to
drift apart from
boredom.

“Yo, mister,
I really gotta be
getting home.

How’s about
you gives me fifty bucks,
and we calls it a night.”

Felix walks on home,
and thinks to himself,
that’s about the worst trick
he’s ever pulled—
never again.

Bobby

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

1 posted 2008-05-02 10:19 AM

You got it right, Bobby, Felix ain't no dummy! Being paid to listen to to someone's bad poems! Now that's a trick I wish I could learn!

Art

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-05-02 10:27 AM

Thanks Art,

Would you believe it, this actually happened to me when I was a kid. I was coming out of the library down on Logan Square, and this guy asked me if I would come to his pad, and hear him read some of his work.

Unlike Felix, I didn't take him up on it.

Thanks for your kind words on this effort.

Bobby

gilead
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since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

3 posted 2008-05-02 10:45 AM

Smart kid there, Bobby! Even back in the day it was risky going home with a stranger, and just think of the world today!

Art

xTr3m3sT
Member

since 2008-03-03

Posts 415

4 posted 2008-05-02 11:00 AM

Excellent write :]

I like this one a lot :] my new poem I just wrote due to a memory is based off of your style Bobby, I hope it doesn't seem like I'm copying you, I just thought I would give it a try :]

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5 posted 2008-05-02 11:11 AM

Art,

Things haven't changed any since the good old days. In fact, they have improved as far as kid safty goes. there seems to be more awareness about the danger.

I was raped when I was five years old. That's sixty-six years ago.

No, things don't really change much at all.

Of course that's just my opinion.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2008-05-02 11:13 AM

Angel,

Thanks for letting me know. I'll look for your work.

You can copy my style all you want. Just don't copy my words.

Bobby

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2008-05-02 04:30 PM

Hello Bobby, another very interesting poem about Felix, I enjoyed it.

yann

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

8 posted 2008-05-02 04:40 PM

Robert Heilien once said that Poets who read their verse in public have other nasty habits. I am glad Flelix learned his lesson. Always a pleasure to read about your lively charactors
sharyn

Robert E. Jordan
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Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9 posted 2008-05-02 04:52 PM

Thanks Yann,

I'm very pleased that you enjoyed this one. Thanks for reading, and the kind words.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2008-05-02 04:57 PM

Thanks dear Sharyn,

You have that right. Like Felix, I got an offer to hear a guy read poetry outside the public library here in Philly when I was a kid.

Unlike Felix, I turned him down, I turned him down. I thought it was way too weird.

Bobby

Juju
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since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

11 posted 2008-05-02 06:41 PM

lol

-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thougts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2008-05-02 08:14 PM

Thanks dear Juju,

I'm pleased you got a kick out of it.

Love Bobby

Larrysmom
Senior Member

since 2008-04-03

Posts 533
Florida, USA

13 posted 2008-05-02 08:41 PM

I see even money wasn’t worth that much boredom! hahaha

Tammy<333

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2008-05-02 09:23 PM

Thanks dear Tammy,

Yes, it was a hard decision for Felix to make. However, it was either that, or fall dead asleep, and who knows what might have happened to Felix then. It could have even been more horrible than his usual fare.

Bobby

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

15 posted 2008-05-04 05:11 PM

I think the government should forget about waterboarding and use bad poetry to get information from prisoners. No...maybe that would be too cruel.
Ida

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16 posted 2008-05-04 05:26 PM

Ida,

Reading bad poetry to prisoners would never pass the Geneva Convention. There is a law against driving people insane.

Bobby

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