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# Shopping Cart Series: A Monument To Hard Work
- URL: https://bklyner.com/shopping-cart-series-a-monument-to-hard-work-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2009-10-08T09:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-08T09:52:50.000Z
- Author: Ray Johnson
- Tags: a hollander monuments, grave markers, grave stones, monuments, #API-Imported

![shopping cart furniture e 17](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/shopping-cart-furniture-e-17-600x450.jpg "shopping cart furniture e 17")

I always knew this job would be the death of me.

One fine day, some heavy load these slavedrivers so mercilessly put on me is going to be like the final straw that broke the camel’s back.

I guess it’s a good thing that [Abraham Hollander Monuments](http://www.ahminfo.com/?ref=bklyner.com) is right next door. That made it convenient for me to arrange for my final epitaph to be carved on my grave marker. My best friend, Shelley Wheely — named after [Percy B. Shelley](http://www.neuroticpoets.com/shelley/?ref=bklyner.com) — was appointed by [Marty Markowitz](http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/?ref=bklyner.com) as the Poet Laureate for all shopping carts in Brooklyn. Being the neurotic poet he is, one wintry day when we all would have rathered to stay inside, he rolled over from his home at the Super Stop and Shop across the street, handed it to me saying, “Dear Brother, I felt a premonition that you were on your last revolution.” Was that eery — because, other than being a little chill to the bone, I was feeling not too bad.

> Here Lies  
> Orange Sunshine

> A Monument To Hard Work

> 199?-200?

> In bright orange and shiny steel  
> On all fours you did wheel  
> Every night and every day  
> Serving Sheepshead Bay  
> Adding to the spirit of the community  
> Now, a spirit in the sky of unity

> Roll In Peace  
> Lovely Shopping Cart

When I finally collapse under this backbreaking work, obviously, I’ll need your help in letting the staff know. They speak English, Russian, Hebrew, Hungarian and Yiddish.

Abraham Hollander Monuments  
2558 East 17 St  
Brooklyn, NY 11235  
(718) 934-2770  
(718) 615-1007  
Office hours:  
Monday-Thursday: 9am-6pm  
Friday: 9am-4pm  
Sunday: 9am-5pm

Located between Avenue Y & Avenue Z

Email: [mail@ahminfo.com](mailto:mail@ahminfo.com)