The Pittsburgher
/A memorial for Richard Caliguiri, Mayor of Pittsburgh 1977-1988
NOTE: Mayor Caliguiri would at times go home to shave his father, and have lunch.
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Behind the glass of sky
Layers of wet
Glisten and descend
From the clouds over
Lawrenceville
Morningside
and East Liberty
The morning rain
Tenderly coats
Metal rails
Embedded in cobblestone
Along the banks of the rivers
Steel mills
Become fossils
And a watery clacking of heels
Is heard on North Millvale Street
The calm
Is upon us
The spirit of Richard Caliguiri
Continues
Without pause
In this
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
The heavens of neighborhoods
Fill the guardian stars
With tenderness
And we feel it
In the corners of his mouth
The light in his eyes
Or as he shaved his father
Io amo questa cittá papa
I love this city papa
The earth grows soft tonight
Stardust coats the alley-ways
Rivers and bridges
We are able to see
The potential of humanity
In the life of
This Pittsburgher
The bells toll
Songs to the eternal
Fill the churches
And it is said
Blessed are the pure in heart
For they shall see God
And we know
By Giulio Magrini
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