Bicycle
For Juan Gutierrez,
delivery boy
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- Against a lamppost at Cedar and
Greenwich,
- it stands
- dusted, war torn,
- chained to the moment
- of its own ceased labor,
- awaiting the return of Juan Gutierrez
- from a morning delivery at One World
Trade
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- Now a shrine,
- it stands
- decorated with flowers, flags and
Spanish prayers,
- its wiry basket tied with paper ribbons
- its grey, skeletal frame encircled
- with melted candle wax, folded letters
of farewell
- and crayon drawn teardrops
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- On the edge of ground zHero
- it stands;
- a testament of one life, one story
- of a hardworking young man
- struggling, moving forward
- to a place where bicycles
- lead to dreams of better days ahead
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- copyright 2001, Frank Messina
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