He wore a ribbon shirt every day
on city streets where no one
openly cared or noticed.
He wore his custom made shirt
elegant in historical design. 
Ribbons of yellow and red blowing
in the Boston breeze to carry messages
of tradition and remembrance.
He carried a leather briefcase along
Commonealth Avenue in a city
of modern strangers. A city built
on land of ancient hope, he tried to
make sense of this world.