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Gil Fagiani


Litany of San Vito

To Congressman Vito Marcantonio (1901-1954)


San Vito of East Harlem
San Vito bread of the poor
San Vito crucified by Wall Street
San Vito martyr of McCarthyism


From the jail cell walls
From the backyard crap game
From the loan shark’s vig
From the drunken stupor

From TB and asthma
From the social worker’s visit
From immigration raids
From the landlord’s greed


Pray for us
Pray for us
Pray for us
Pray for us

 

San Vito deliver us
San Vito deliver us
San Vito deliver us
San Vito deliver us

San Vito protect us
San Vito protect us
San Vito protect us
San Vito protect us