Bob L. — First Meeting

Intro
there was a door open
what I later learned was
the ambulance door. He
was at the lunch table
with my dad, who had just
moved in. Bob starts up…

1
It’s cold and I’m curiosity
I’m going across the street
It’d be OK if I could get my house back;
the kids got most of that

You remember Union Electric?
I worked for them for thirty years
got up on the poles and everything

Somebody needs to shut that door

I went across the street yesterday
for two hours and a half
there was nothing there
I don’t know what they did with it all

2
I’m not throwing rocks at him
I met him a couple years ago
Things happen

3
Well if this don’t change
We’re gonna have some burials
around here and I’m not just talkin’

4
I hope the
good Lord wants me or—
I don’t know