Wednesday, February 18th 2004

The Bones of Sepember: New York

author: Mitchel Cohen : New York, NY

The Bones of Sepember: New York

author: Mitchel Cohen : New York, NY

The Bones of Sepember: New York, 2001 Two vast and trunkless legs of steel Like silent Pharaohs stood over Wall Street Scraping the vast canvas of immortality How many died erecting those towers: Welders of iron, exoskeletal beams? How many died as they came down? Manhattan is missing its two front teeth Can you help me find them? World Trade Center burned and then collapsed. Dozens leapt from upper floors -- Beat, you wings! Just another few breaths! -- What were their thoughts On that long morning’s fall? Millions of fingers -- Fingers of Flesh, fingers of Memory -- endlessly sift and sift again that ancient dust Manhattan is missing its two front teeth Can...