White shirt and shopping bags
in his arms and on the ground,
a man stood in front of the tanks.
He stood fearless 
while the world watched 
in frightened wonder.
He became the embodiment
of thousands of angry voices,
the collective symbol
of the raging forces demanding change.
On his shoulders he carried 
the destiny of a nation of millions.
Immortalized in pictures,
everyone remembers him.
But nobody knows his name.


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