9/11 TRIBUTE
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Written on the day that I saw my childhood sweetheart’s photo and bio in the NYT, listed as one of those who died in the towers. In memory of John Cruz…
RED, WHITE, BLUE AND BRUISED
By Jane Ashen Turkewitz
Brothers and sisters cloaked in Red death.
Towering sentinels smoldering in White ash.
A Blue spirit frozen in time.
A Trojan Horse upon our soil.
Insidious and indiscriminate,
Impregnating our soul.
Stars and stripes comfort, but don’t assure
Salty tears of despair, fear and ire.
A nation in mourning
Seeking justice and then peace.
A fierce determination
Born from destruction and death.
United we stand
Bruised and berated.
United we stand
Red, White and Blue.