In response to Szymborska, 9/11/2013.
Today I read this poem.
And this news story.
And thought, how far we all have fallen.
(Memorial near Ground Zero, February 2004)
It's a very empty feeling.
The sky at Ground Zero, 2004.
But people then, and people now, continue to say "Enough!"
Anti-Iraq War demonstration, my fellow protesters in pens, NYC, February 2004.
Which gives me a small glimmer of hope.
Oh, that Szymborska poem. Wow.
Posted by: Rachel Barenblat | September 11, 2013 at 03:55 PM
Coincidentally, a lot of people have things like the Guardian story on their minds. This headline caught my eye this evening:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/10-ways-america-has-come-resemble-banana-republic
Posted by: Peter | September 11, 2013 at 09:54 PM
Something this big, which ever way you interpret 'big', is too much for a comment from me. I can only look on and read with a great deal of sadness and disbelief.
Posted by: Tom | September 12, 2013 at 03:34 AM
I'm pretty sure I left a comment yesterday... Was it relegated to the spam box perhaps?
Posted by: Miguel | September 12, 2013 at 09:50 AM