I wait For You…by Robert M. Katzman

Filed under: Poetry & Prose — Bob at 12:59 pm on Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Â© February 2009

I wait for you
I wait for you
Crushed by my anticipation

I wait for you
Playing with pink packages of fake sugar
Ignoring todayâ€™s Special
Searching the streets for you

Searching for the way your long hair sways
The indulgent tilt of your head
The coldness in your eyes
Your unapologetic walk

I endure forgettable music
Bitter aroma of burnt coffee
From unwatched pots
Wafting through the air

While I wait for you
The worn waitress peers over her glasses at me
Wondering: â€œWill he ever order?â€
My tense body wasting her booth
Denying her tips from real customers

She mutters to the busboy
Her expression one of pathetic scorn
Women save for men who fail them
Whose suits are too big for them

I wait for you
I wait for you
That air you have of better things to do
Than be with me

The impatience in your voice
The disapproving lines bordering your tightened lips
The killing magnetism you exude
That cements me to this booth

My will crumbles
My plans on hold
My future on layaway
Enraptured am I by your criminal beauty

I wait for you
I wait for you
Crushed by my anticipation

Pleaseâ€¦
Come to me

About the writer and his other life in Skokie, Illinois:

Bob Katzman’s Magazine Museum: 100,000 periodicals back to 1576!
Wall of Rock: 50 years of cool Rock periodicals on display & for sale
4906 Oakton St. (8000 north and 4900 west) Skokie, Ill 60077
(847)677-9444 Mon-Fri: 10 am to 5 pm / Weekends: 10 am to 2 pm

Katzman’s Publishing Company site: www.FightingWordsPubco.com
Katzman’s online non-fiction stories: www.DifferentSlants.com

Poetry? For me, writing poetry is not an option.
It’s a response to emotion. Like cigarette smoke,
it’s fast-flowing, shapeless and with little time to capture it.
Writing poetry in an imperative. I say what I feel compelled to say.

I sell my five published books via mail order and accept major credit cards.
I don’t use PayPal. I just talk to people on the phone.
Fast, reliable service. Read my stories and see what you think.
I’m also available for hire to read my true Chicago stories to organizations
and answer all questions. I autograph my books whenÂ I sell them.

I am currently seeking an agent to do more readings.
Feel free to call me at the number above.

Comments (4)

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Comment by lorra

February 4, 2009 @ 1:52 pm

I so get the anger and the ambivalence really ‘speaks.’

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Comment by Bob

February 4, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

Lorra,
Supressed anger can produce a range of results, some not so good. Better an outlet like this than throwing a shoe, or worse, at the inspiration for this poem.

But there will be other readers who see people in their own lives, in my words. I am aware that some personalities are universal, and universally reviled.
I regret I must choose to be unspecific, but that’s my reality. If my poetry carries power, then good.

Thanks for taking the time to make a comment.

Bob Katzman

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Comment by Don Larson

February 5, 2009 @ 9:53 am

Hi Bob,

Many people feel as your poem expresses. Thanks for writing it.

Don

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Comment by Bob

February 5, 2009 @ 11:20 am

Thank you.

Bob

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