a phone found me
a friend rang
run to the news she said
it’s raining people
thank God no camera
was close up
yet my imagination
had Hubble-like zoom
with Tower two my heart
fell
with Tower one
the constitution
thousands of people
plundered
ten thousand lives
jump cut
and my instant prayer
unedited
went not to a soul
just departed
my missive to
anything
Holy
begged for our children’s
children
damn politics
but if you do that
politics will
damn you
with Tower two my heart
fell
with Tower one
the constitution