09-13-2015, 08:21 AM
I was deep into writing computer code. I went to get a cup of coffee and noticed all the
cubicles were empty. My boss's office was full of people (watching her TV). I thought: "Another damn
meeting, guess I didn't read the memo"; and turned around and went back to my code. My wife called
later and told me what was up. The buildings collapsing was the big shock. Even Osama Bin Laden
was surprised (this from an interview I heard much later).
What upsets me is how quickly 9/11 was turned into a commodity. Not just the media preying on
survivors, but all the people who saw in it an excellent opportunity to advance their agendas.
As I just added to my poem:
"an excuse to get votes
an excuse to make profit
an excuse to limit civil rights
an excuse for armchair patriotism
an excuse for war
an excuse to kill civilians with drones
an excuse for xenophobia
an excuse to live in fear"
Do you think writing a poem about it is taking advantage of it?
Knowing that people -- well, at least those over 25 -- will be more likely to read it?
Considering the evil of the act has been outstripped by the opportunists, I've come to
think -- as terrible as it might sound -- that it is best to let it pass into history.
cubicles were empty. My boss's office was full of people (watching her TV). I thought: "Another damn
meeting, guess I didn't read the memo"; and turned around and went back to my code. My wife called
later and told me what was up. The buildings collapsing was the big shock. Even Osama Bin Laden
was surprised (this from an interview I heard much later).
What upsets me is how quickly 9/11 was turned into a commodity. Not just the media preying on
survivors, but all the people who saw in it an excellent opportunity to advance their agendas.
As I just added to my poem:
"an excuse to get votes
an excuse to make profit
an excuse to limit civil rights
an excuse for armchair patriotism
an excuse for war
an excuse to kill civilians with drones
an excuse for xenophobia
an excuse to live in fear"
Do you think writing a poem about it is taking advantage of it?
Knowing that people -- well, at least those over 25 -- will be more likely to read it?
Considering the evil of the act has been outstripped by the opportunists, I've come to
think -- as terrible as it might sound -- that it is best to let it pass into history.
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions