Bob and I revisited

Bob and I

 

At first it was Marc with his prehistoric curls and his hot,
Hot Love awakening the same in me.
Then it was Harry saying he couldn’t live without me.

I can’t live Without You either, I replied, over and over.

George had left my childish love behind him and said,
 “I have found My Sweet Lord”.
 I had not, even though I chanted with him again and again.

Lou transformed me from child to adolescent.
He told me it was a Perfect Day for a Walk on the Wild Side.
It was. I did. I was eager to. Ready to. Took no persuading.

Then Jimmi screamed and screeched and called out loud to me.
 “Hey Joe, oh no, you are the Voodoo Chile. Come with me,
as I walk All along the Watch Tower”.
So I did. Like Hamlet’s ghost I followed him.

Bob had been there all the time but now, at last, I heard him, would always hear him.
Come, he said, and listen.
The answer he said, the answer is Blowin’ in the Wind.
I listen. I heard. He was right. It was.

Can you see he said, can you see, The Times They Are a-Changing?
I looked. I saw. They were. We were too; we said out loud, 
we weren’t going to work on Maggie’s Farm no more.
But they didn’t heed us.

It felt like it came from deep beneath the earth. I yearned and I wept, for I had lost it.

“Yooou’ve got the Subterranean Homesick Blues” he said.
“Yooou’ve lived your life Like A Rolling Stone”. Yes I said,

But, I would not feel so all alone, I said, as everybody must get stoned.

You must be the Rainy Day Woman he said.
Must I, was I ?

I flew to NYC, Lennon was there. I travelled the subway, I stood outside Waverly Theatre.
Where is it I cried?
There he said. Look closely. look clearly. Look Positively, 4th Street.

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window he asked.
I could, I said, but if I did, if I use my arms and legs, it might ruin me.
One of Us Must Know he said. Sooner or later, One of Us must know.

Limousine to Blackbush with me, my fog, my amphetamines and my pearls.
Beside a man who says he loves me.

I look up. I say with my eyes,
"I Want You, I Want You, I want you so bad".

You so close, Lay lady lay; lay across my big brass bed
you sing.

I will, I will I say. I will until the break of day.

Your clothes are dirty but your hands are clean.
You say I’m the best thing you have ever seen.

You take Just Like a Woman, you whisper.
Ache Just like a Woman. You make love Just Like a Woman.

Yes I say, but I break just like a little girl.

I always have, looking for love, accepting anything but.

Baby, Stop Crying, baby, please stop crying, you plead.
But I can’t, I stand in a crowd so alone,
tears hot and stinging streaking my face.

May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true you said
May you always be courageous, stand up and be strong.
May you stay Forever Young.

I shall I said. I have I said. I will I say.