To Daniel F. O'Leary

To Daniel F. O’Leary:

I always pass your plaque

On mornings when I take my walk;

I note it coming back.

 

Your birth in 1938

And death at 64

Are all I know about you

But I wish that I knew more.

 

Yet someone cared enough

To place a plaque upon a bench,

Which tells me that perhaps you were

A stand-up guy, a mensch.

 

Though others may not notice

Or think twice about your name,

In my imagination

You have staked a tiny claim.