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Subject: After a Bombing

Author:
JeffF
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Date Posted: 08:14:56 09/12/02 Thu

I thought of all the poems and other tributes to the 09/11 heroes and victims, this was the most moving

After A Bombing by Dennis Nurkse

Lovers who had separated
Wrote and asked Are you Okay? And reconciled.

Fathers who disowned their children
called and cried
Thank G-d you were in Queens.

The one who was late
Because of a lost key
Felt good fortune on his shoulders
Like a crushing weight,
A tower he'd have to carry

The one who called in sick
Wandered deeper into fever
Looking for suffering
As a spring to drink from;

And the children drew the plane
Sticking out their tongues, pressing
Hard with crayons, never looking up
As if they'd seen it all their lives

The Tower - a hugh box;
The Fire - an orange flower;
G-d - a face bright with tears
Appalled in the margin;
The Sun with nine spokes;

The Fireman in his smudged hat
Running with outstretched arms
Up a flight of endless steps
That veered suddenly off the page

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[> Subject: some powerful

Author:
Forest
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Date Posted: 17:32:46 09/13/02 Fri

imagery in that poem.

It's good.

[> Subject: Re: After a Bombing
Author: JeffF [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:39:48 09/19/02 Thu Yes, it really is good and powerful in it's simplicity. I went to a service that night that was very well attended. They had many more people than they expected. I think nobody wanted to be alone that night, or even just with friends and family. There was a need for true community.

[> [> Subject: Hey Jeff!
Author: Forest [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:33:38 10/02/02 Wed i just got back from France, and I found the French people more friendly than ever before. The parisians were still somewhat cool and supercilious but even they were friendlier. I wonder if 9/11 is the reason why.

[> [> [> Subject: Hi, Forest

Author:
JeffF
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Date Posted: 13:06:56 10/04/02 Fri

Welcome back!

I wouldn't be at all surprised. Look at the way the rest of the US changed their general attitude towards New York. You don't hear people talk with the same kind of disdain any more.

There was a random shooter who killed five people in nearby Southern Maryland yesterday. It takes a couple of hours to realize it's probably a nut and not a terrorist.

(BTW - I've started a small ezboard, to discuss books, musicals, religion and general topics. It's small and mostly, though not always light. I'll send you an invitation in case you want to pop by once a while. Glad to have you. It's really good to see you.)

[> [> [> [> Subject: thanks jeff
Author: Forest [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:36:21 10/04/02 Fri I'll check the new board. I wasn't sure you'd see my post here, given all the heavy activity in the silly sunny thread! ;-)

[> Subject: Sorry to be negative...
Author: Mark7 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:33:55 09/21/02 Sat And vicious politicians saw it as a great opportunity to seize power and use it against their opponents.

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