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How has the WTC affected me: |
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One month later, I smoke a cigarette across from the Chrysler Building and I smell the smoke from downtown. Every time I inhale I think I'm capturing a ghost. And I'm not bothered. I want to know the ghosts. | |
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being a Polly Anna and talking about the hope of pulling people out of
the rubble after 4 days. A cynic I know replied: "Have you noticed
that there are no tables, chairs, conference tables, workstations, Xerox
machines, laser printers, or telephones at Ground Zero?" All are
wood or hard plastic or metal. He was right. Strangers found snapshots
of loved ones on the surrounding streets, pictures that were once tacked
up in their cubicles. Others found slim sheets of confidential business
matter. It seemed paper and photos, things we can easily tear or light
on fire had survived from the 82 floor, the 95th, the 103rd... Next time
you're at work, or visiting someone who works in an office, notice the
machines and furniture that surrounds you. Pick up that conference
table. Feel it with your hands. It was flattened a month ago. How could
your skull survive that? Dave W. Brooklyn Heights, NYC |
(Haiku)
The World Trade Towers a tall stack of Rubik cubes in different lights.
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