<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569060" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem For Columbus Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They never tell you <br>whether October 12 <br>was Columbus' birthday <br>or the day he discovered <br>America </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and somehow America <br>makes every October 12 <br>a Monday </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and if there had never <br>been a Columbus <br>there'd be no school holiday, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Paul and Carol would choose <br>some other weekend <br>to marry </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'd have stayed in New York <br>waiting for you to return <br>from your nephew's funeral <br>(who was also named Christopher) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">there'd have been no reunion <br>no gathering together </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you'd have grown up in Italy, <br>I'd have lived in Leeds, England, <br>there'd be no reason to be here.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rochelle+Ratner">Rochelle Ratner</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569060" data-title="Poem For Columbus Day de Rochelle Ratner" data-description="They never tell you whether October 12 was Columbus' birthday or the day he discovered America and somehow America makes every October 12 a Monday and if there had never been a Columbus there'd be no school holiday, Paul and Carol wo..."></div> </div> </div>

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