This poem was published in the original Podium on Sep 26, 2001, with the tag line "Further poetic observations of New York City as the war on terror rages on."
by Anonymous-AL (Name removed by request of the author)
incompleted mourning supersaturated deaths
vigils by the living awaiting definitions of breath
posters of her father his wife and their best friend
sentries of candle sticks burned to their ends
She was in the height of her life and He was father of five
They received death's salute unimagined by our minds
stolen from a Lover erased from a Son's life
killing a graduation, a yet to be wife
You've got to move on ya know get on with being alive
do your hellos, chats and coffees, dining, taxi rides
see the dow betray you wave your flag proudly by
enact daily democracy our most civilized disguise
Watch the burning of old glory in islamabad
listen to the deafening rhetoric of defunct dialog
get your gas masks ready
adorn masks of supremacy
see freedoms stutter
and refugees flee
vigils by the living awaiting definitions of breath
posters of her father his wife and their best friend
sentries of candle sticks burned to their ends
She was in the height of her life and He was father of five
They received death's salute unimagined by our minds
stolen from a Lover erased from a Son's life
killing a graduation, a yet to be wife
You've got to move on ya know get on with being alive
do your hellos, chats and coffees, dining, taxi rides
see the dow betray you wave your flag proudly by
enact daily democracy our most civilized disguise
Watch the burning of old glory in islamabad
listen to the deafening rhetoric of defunct dialog
get your gas masks ready
adorn masks of supremacy
see freedoms stutter
and refugees flee
The author s a doctor living and working in New York city.
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