Danny Derden Poet Narrative

A Little More

It was an April night and I was right,
Been out on the town.

The show was at the Palace,
So we all went on down.
We had a ball as I recall,
But now it seems absurd,
As the madness raged upon the stage
He did not say a word.

He was a little weird and we all feared
He wasn’t one of us
He didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke,
He didn’t even cuss.

You’d see him now and again
With a bunch of men…
Hanging round the sea,
And I know I would have liked him more
If he were a little more like me.

It was a springish day, the clouds were gray
It looked like it might rain.
I thought about the night before
And I was so ashamed
When I heard what they had done to him
The stranger I had known
The way we all got down last night
It’s a wonder we got home.

He was a little weird and we all feared
He wasn’t one of us.
He didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke,
He didn’t even cuss.
You’d see him now and again
With a bunch of men…
Hanging round the sea.
And I know I would have liked him more
If he were a little more like me
A little more a little more a little more like me
Just a little more, a little more
If I could be…
A little more like He.

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sara Etgen-Baker October 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM enjoyed the metaphorical nature/twist of this poem...it's evocative and thought provoking. Danny Derden October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM I wrote this many years ago, my wife came across it this evening as she was cleaning out a file cabinet...I was happy to be reunited with it.