Big Bob
unfashioned creature
half made up
a
tiny wee monkey
in a
big
country town
simpering
whimpering
twilight bark
frightening the
children
and he
just
won’t
go away
call me
call me
call me
he cries
Yahoo
taunt
and
Houyhnhnm
sneer
all leather and
ink
pointing
rock
paper
scissors
third way Averroes
roaring anthropoeia
an
unsightly
hubristic
golem
all
piercing
darkman pirate
stealing
our
treasure
and he
just
won’t
go away
Big Bad Bob
on and
on and
on
sledgehammer
wit and
tongue of a
banshee
Harley head and
Pauline smile
all
brown shirt
and
jack boot
homunculus ninja
our
anthropocene
cowboy
our
great chain of being
pickling our
madness
and he
just
won’t
go away
I saw him once
majestic hubris
sitting out front
lonely black eyes and
all
hollow soul
bougonia and
syrup
oh
poor
poor
poor
little
misunderstood
Malvolio
clinging closest where
he is most hated
and he
just
won’t
go away
yes
yes
yes
Big Bob
call you
call you
call you I will
I shall
call
you
Rosebud
Adelaide Poets 