RIP: Pedro Pietri

Woke up this morning / feeling excellent! / Picked up the telephone / dialed the number / Of my equal opportunity / employer to inform him / I will not be in / to work today! / Are you feeling sick? / the Boss asked me, / “No Sir” I replied, / I am feeling too good / to report to work today! / If I feel sick tomorrow / I will come in early.

–TELEPHONE BOOTH NUMBER 905, by El Reverendo Pedro Pietri

Pedro Pietri died yesterday.

From the Nuyorican: “The family and friends of Pedro Pietri will keep you informed as arrangements are finalized, through the Pedro Pietri Health Benefit voicemail (212-340-1237).”

I hope he was comforted these past few months knowing a lot of people were pulling for him and that his life, hard as it may have been at times, wasn’t lived in vain.

Rest well, el Rev. You’ve earned it.

Written by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Chief Content Officer for LibraryPass, and former publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest. Previously, he was also project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.