He climbed over the railroad

Tracks from the parochial

School to home, from 108^th St.

Christian School and all the

Fights in the school yard

To 10633 S. Normal Ave.

And then to the public

School yard on the west

Side of Halsted St. and

One young, Black boy,

An elementary school

Classmate, who years

Later would become the

Human face that would

Influence the thinking of

That white boy who didn’t

Do very well in that public

System but who, in various

Other systems under very

Different circumstances,

Came into his own

Academically and ded-

Icated himself to racial

Equality.  He wondered

Whatever happened to

His grade school buddy

And if that buddy even

Gave him a thought, ever.