first on the agenda
should be
finding the actual beach
a page in America's book
burning questions
smothered by silence and disbelief
a free radical
with the heart of a hunter
conventional wisdom is
the might to remember
the thread of a spider dead
is a wand in the hand of a dead
witch
the country's swan song
our reaction to the event
identity slain by fiction
a mystery now in the mouth of the past
steam delivers the masterful portrait
parts of one's heart separate from the beat
leaving a trail of lasting impressions
on a world that could have been
better informed
peace should have been allowed to vote too
(written June 30,2004 7am)