β€œShoulders” by Naomi Shihab Nye

β€œA man crosses the street in rain,
stepping gently, looking two times north and south,
because his son is asleep on his shoulder.

No car must splash him.
No car drive too near to his shadow.”

poets.org/poem/shoulders

From a roundup of transportation-related poems. Have any I could include in my next such post? bikestylespokane.com/2023/03/1

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