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EDITORS NOTE: Two more poems from New York City, this time from Scoop Correspondent Miles Thompson. See also…Scoop Poem: The Bones of September, 2001.
this precious shimmering
jewel,
this flashing e.m.s*
this broken
stone,
these broken bones,
they could not use
your donation
the N,R is running on the
Q,W**
this subway car is full,
a young
woman and
a black man,
a young girl with
glasses,
and a picture of grover on her pink back
pack
* e.m.s. stands for 'Emergency Medical
Services' an acronym, not known to well in this city before
now, but it seems known by all now.. the flashing e.m.s.
refers to the sight of e.m.s. vehicles with flashing
ambulance lights travelling up and down the island, in eerie
silence as viewed from over here in brooklyn on the night of
sept 11
** the N,R is one of the subway lines that has been cancelled.. the Q,W is what has replaced it..
AUTHOR NOTE: Miles Thompson worked in Manhattan a couple of blocks away from the World Trade Center. For an account of his escape from Manhattan on September 11th see…Eyewitness Report - Escape From Manhattan , Eyewitness Report – Escape From Manhattan (Part 2), Scoop Images: Escape From Manhattan. Miles can be contacted at miles@mail.com.
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