Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, Philadelphia (2016 April PAD - Day 16)

photo by Bradley Maule

Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, Philadelphia

This is a place

that takes

its city’s seal  

seriously.

To Rosa’s owners

that motto means

if you’re short of cash,

homeless and broke,

or just down on your luck,

for a only a buck ticket

(prepaid by a stranger)

you can get a slice

of human kindness

anytime.

And all they ask

is that someday

you pay it forward

if and when

you can.

PSC / 2016

 Penned for Day 16 of Robert Lee Brewer's April PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: an eating establishment poem

 For more, check out his site at:  2016-april-pad-challenge-day-16

 

Additional info about ROSA'S can be found via the following links:

 

• TwistedSifter: Wall-St-Banker-Opens-$1-pizza-joint
• NPR: philadelphia-pizza-lovers-pay-it-forward 
• Huffington Post: pizza-philadelphia-homeless 
• Today: philadelphia-pizza-lovers-feed-homeless-slices
• Upworthy: remember-that-pizzeria-feeding-the-homeless

And here's a link to an article about the city seal of Philadelphia:

Behind Philadelphia Maneto: Dissecting The City Sea