a dollmaker in london
holds a carving knife
over the heads of his sleeping
wife and three year old son
then flies to america
to 'erase' himself
'eat me america, he prays
give me peace'
a stalker in panama hat
blurs the life out
of young blonde women in nyc
with a lump of concrete
zealots hijack commercial jetliners
in boston and blow up
the twin towers of lower manhattan's
prosperity and america's esteem
another plane raps
a gaping hole
in pentagon's defenses
one is blown to bits
in pennsylvania greens
smoke billows
sooted mountainhigh cotton balls
office paper strewn
all over silent streets
darkened dead leaves
in premature autumn
ash inches deep coats
the earth and envelops the sky
in a nuclear winter haze
people jump to their destiny
from the fortieth floor
under the smoldering debris
lie buried burly nypd men
intrepid firefighters, highflying executives,
efficient secretaries
and humanity
