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Open Poetry #43

Goodbye Joe

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-08-03 10:25 PM

Yeah, I’m an old man.
I just got word
of an old friends passing.

Joe and I would sit
on the settlement house steps
in our lousy, scary, old hood.
It was a bad hood.

It was the worst hood
in the city of Philadelphia.

Me and Joe, we’d sit
on the settlement house steps,
while people walking past,
would walk in
the middle of the street,
because we scared them.

Joe and me,
we’ll meet in heaven,
and scare the hell
out of the angels.

Good bye Joe.

Bobby

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2008-08-04 12:47 PM

Sorry about Joe, Bobby.
Ida

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-08-04 01:06 PM

Thanks dear Ida,

Yes, Joe was a good guy.

Thanks for your kind words.

Love Bobby

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

3 posted 2008-08-04 02:45 PM

Hi Bobby, sorry to hear about your friend Joe and you are not going any where, you are going to stay here…you and your friend can still scare the angels. Prasad

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-08-04 06:27 PM

Thanks Prasad,

For your good wishes for me having a long life.

I plan to stick around.

Bobby

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

5 posted 2011-03-30 02:45 AM

An interesting peek into the hood with your friend Joe. He sounds like he was a good man.

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