Michael Pruchnicki - IN COOK COUNTY JAIL

one Monday morning high on the gallows green
a young lad took a walk into eternity
blessed by the likes of the governor
the mayor and the state's attorney
and the cardinal who lived with a priest
in an apartment the size of a cathedral
overlooking Lake Shore Drive
and Lake Michigan

God rest you
may God be with you!

Michael Pruchnicki

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