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  • September 11, 2020 at 10:24 am #95318
    Mary Ann Caws (she/her)
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    this apposite poem for today, alas

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    They jumped from the burning floors-
    one, two, a few more,
    higher, lower.

    The photograph halted them in life,
    and now keeps them
    above the earth toward the earth.

    Each is still complete,
    with a particular face
    and blood well hidden.

    There’s enough time
    for hair to come loose,
    for keys and coins
    to fall from pockets.

    They’re still within the air’s reach,
    within the compass of places
    that have just now opened.

    I can do only two things for them-
    describe this flight
    and not add a last line.?

    Mary Ann Caws

    September 11, 2020 at 10:31 am #95320
    Madeleine Barnes
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    I love this so much.

    On Sep 11, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Mary Ann Caws (Poets Together!) <noreply@gc.cuny.edu> wrote:

    

    September 11, 2020 at 10:41 am #95323
    Patricia Laurence
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    So moving to read this today.

    September 11, 2020 at 4:22 pm #95384
    Patricia Brody
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    This is an amazing poem. Mary Ann where is poets name?

    On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:24 AM Mary Ann Caws (Poets Together!) <
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