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Two Towers
A dedication
to 911 – September 11th
The building
shutters as it bursts into flames I see the logo
on an airplane And remember the
vacation we never took The last time my
heart sank like this I was on a ride
at Disney World The fire alarms
are going off But I can’t hear
them anymore My office rival
is on the phone Selling his
story to to CNN Too bad he won’t
be around to spend the money 3 of my
co-workers begin to pray 3 more are
incinerated in the elevator shaft Some woman I’ve
never noticed before Is walking in
circles around the water cooler Another is
naked, Crying on her
desk in the fetal position. II The couple that
everyone suspected of having an affair Are doing it
loudly in a smoke filled room My boss is
peeing on his plants While his
secretary checks her lipstick for the last time A clerk
confesses his petty office crimes Some one is
screaming in the stairwell But I can’t help
them My plastic award
for 5years of service Melts down the
wall of my cubical I watch 5 years
turn to plastic toxic smoke Then throw my
chair through the window To finally make
my escape from this corporate enslavement III
The wind punches
me in the face as the chair cuts through the glass like rain. I poke my head
through the hole And smell
September in the air again Memories flash
across my brain I remember being
a little boy That fire truck
below reminds me Of my favorite
childhood toy I was going to
be a Fire Man when I grew up I guess I made a
wrong turn somewhere, didn’t I? I say good-bye
to my family And then I step
out into the sky… And
it is exactly the same as those dreams where you can’t stop falling
Except
this time… I
don’t wake up. ã
cb shaw 2002
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