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Below this salutation please find my poem from the work from my latest book for your review and possible inclusion for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 titled:

'Tribute to The Fallen'

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Do you recall where you were
on that still morning so blue
I recall it as yesterday
Most clearly I do

for it was on the 12th
a new job I would start
who knew that America
would be stabbed in the heart

For on the clear morning
4 jetliners took off
for business or pleasure
skies stained only with exhaust

And once up in the air
the bad people took over
with a wicked agenda
that would not end up in clover

They had trained here among us
without any of us knowing
a plot diabolical
the evil kept growing

Until into that city
in that most fateful hour
came a jumbo jet screaming
full speed into that tower

And as flames billowed higher
another was seen
as a recurring nightmare
and repeated the scene

Now both pillars afire
America stood still
while another drama
was unfolding on a hill

Far away from the flames
American courage took hold
with those now famous words
from the heroes - 'Let's roll!'

To the heroes of Flight 93
go all these next lines
in which during dark hours
many rose up to shine

And they took down that plane
ending all their lives there
in a mission so crucial
that all cared to share

To save a great symbol
targeted on that day
to those who saved the White House
we all say 'Hooray'!

And now back to the towers
engulfed in smoke and flame
with thousands inside
we would know all their names

As we watched helplessly
as first one tower came down
and soon after the other
in smoke they did drown

But not before leaving
many images to see
those calling, those crying
those leaping down to the street

But America is strong
she rises up from all this
though all of us left
may not recapture the bliss

In our post-9/11 days
all our lives are affected
to this day when we travel
'My shampoo is rejected?'

Perhaps the most lingering
symbol of all
is the part of the tower
that refused to fall

A kind of one-digit salute
to those who had done this
America rises up strong
Says you know what you can kiss...

As we recall and rebuild
from 8 years ago
I find it refreshing
to live and to know
that my country recovers
and continues to grow

a tribute piece - to be read this Friday, 9/11/09 at the Grove Bookstore

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