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PAPER DREAMS

 

The scent of autumn sinks down

 Below the rain-drenched sidewalks

As the wind from everywhere

Pushes the dark shirt like an old bag

And the last door of the Brooklyn-bound train

Slowly closes, slowly closes;

 

He walks with the night, slowly,

Then he stood alone with his shadows

In front of some poetry, dimly-lighted

Across the subway wall

Maybe waiting for no one.

Except for some homeless citizens

Of this proud city;

 

He recited his prayers with the rosary on hand

And he remembers the past and the morrow

And he wishes no paper dreams

But hopes for his faith to move on

I know him very much,

With his bagpack and black hat

And trembling feet but mighty heart;

 

I know him very much

I am he, he is me

In New York City.

 

 

October 7

First Friday

 

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