9/11

A flag was raised

and the pope put

his hand to his

forehead.

An old

man cried into a

bouquet of flowers

and candles stayed

lit on a sidewalk.

A young woman kept

feeling her stomach

and a street musician

injected a bit of humor

into his veins.

A fireman

coughed and somebody

up on a cross made an

effort to exaggerate the

lies that had been told to

him since he was an embryo.

　

Reviews

[Philip Gaber]

Yeah, a friend woke me up. I watched the second plane, too. It was crazy. Thanks, J, appreciateit.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Impactful final two lines...
Such a sad remembrance of that event.
I watched the second plane hit.
the fireman coughing, representative of the smoke they inhaled fighting the fires...
This reminds me in style to "Save the life of my child" by Simon and Garfunkel.
j.