When most people look at my city's beautiful landmark,
the Golden Gate Bridge, they feel good.
When I look at it, I think of the eleven workers who
plunged to their deaths while building the thing.
Kermit Moore; O.A. Anderson; Chris Anderson;
William Bass; O. Desper; Fred Dümmatzen;
Terence Hallinan; Eldridge Hillen; Charles Lindros;
Jack Norman; and Louis Russell.
Remember them, you goddamn happy people.
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I found this by chance, browsing the web, I think it is brilliant poetry in an urban, post-modernistic way! Charles Lindros was my great uncle. I am writing his biography. I was thinking of using this song in the prologue, rather than the usual, boring "in memory of...".
ReplyDeleteHi Borje, feel free to use this. I would be honored. Email me at bull829@gmail.com if you like
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