the pittsburgh press said the house
where the reds lived
got stoned with bricks & vegetables
broken glass for the reds
the american reds
a father mother two toddlers
the sergeant had been home
for a few years now
from the 'great war'
dubuyu-dubuyu-two
handsome thick black wavy hair
uncompromisingly young-looking
working
as a refrigeration & washing machine mechanic
developing his forearms into steel
built for wrenches
built from the dark cio steelworker thirties
& the anti-fascist trenches of the spanish civil war
built to withstand the sneers
& silence & shouts
of the company men
their political henchmen
& the racists who kept black kids
out of the city swimming pools
built to withstand a certain
matt cvetic
the finger behind the assault
on the red's house
our house
moving on
became unplanned but not a retreat
the journey far beyond shadycrest drive
embodied the warmth
of many outstretched hardened forearms
clear eyes
unbending postures
shoes shared
walking straight ahead...not running
--- e b bortz
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