Robert Verran
They call me Bobby, too.
I paint and stuff.
The red paint with the big brush.
Put them on the wall there.
The red paint is what I do with a big brush.
Different colors. Oh, different ones.
I put tape on there, put it up on the wall, I do.
I’m an artist ‘cause I do that kind of stuff. They know I use all the red paint.
I like walking around downtown.
Michigan Ave, LaSalle Street, Chicago avenue too.
Oh, Osco Drugs, that is, too. Anything is good. I like them, the good magazines. The pictures in them.
Life Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire Magazines, too.
Pop and cupcakes, too. And Pepsi Cola, too.
Cookies and donuts, too, yes. Yes, candy bars, too. Good Stuff.
Any kind of ice cream, too, I like, yes. Chocolate. Yes, and orange pop, too. I like.
Life Magazine $2.50, I believe.
They are too expensive, real ones. But I like to buy those.
Computer magazines, too. Any kind. Trees.
The Ravenswood train, I like to go watch them up that way.
The bus downtown. The 51 bus, the 51 that goes all the way. I like that.
Arts of Life, I like it here.
I drink coffee every morning, too. I love that.
I like dogs.
I’m not scared of them police dogs anymore, like years ago.
They won’t bite me.
I like different kinds of dogs. Black dogs, seeing eye dogs, police dogs, they like me.
Oh, I would like to have one, a real one, I would.
Campbell Street, John B, John M, is who I live with.
Real good, yes. Good Stuff, yes. Wash dishes, yes.
I like to go have coffee with Glen. It’s a woman.
She lives on Pratt. They take care of them on Pratt.
I just paint it good.
I like to paint stuff and walk around, too.
Pictures, oh! Make ‘em good.
Yes, red paint. Yes, it’s good stuff.
Good Stuff.
It’s the paint stuff.