A Posting In The Street Poem by RIC BASTASA

this picture says it all:

we must learn
together to live as brothers
or
we shall perish together
as fools

framed in maroon colors
of hardwood
a black man in black suit
raises his right hand to
stress his point
his left hand rests on the railing
a shadow of a street sign
lands on this figure

as i see it
there are no men watching this picture anymore
left to the sun
which the strong winds want to destroy.