Before
war,
or
even
peace,
there was
release
of energy
and matter-
The Great
Begatter,
the Big
Bang.
They weaponized
travel;
terrorized
to unravel
not just
emblems
and totems,
but systems
to sow
problems,
creating
chaos
for all
of us
in the US
and the rest
of the West.
This test
of resolve
would not
solve
anything,
other than
destroying
and toying
with security
and authority.
September 11th
this year,
a date
we hold
dear,
conjures
fear
and awe.
Tomorrow
is both
a celebration
of Creation
for Jewish
people
of each
denomination,
and a commemoration
of the unfathomable
nightmare
that united
us
before tearing
us
apart.
25 years
on,
and tears
mostly gone,
but fears
have
merely
shifted to
a new
enemy,
us.
Wars
have existed
forever,
and forever
wars
predated
Afganistan
and Iraq
and
the 9/11
attack,
as our
culture
war
started
decades before
this century.
The memory
of that gorgeous-
turned treacherous
September day,
magnificent
blue skies
turned
to hideous
grey
from the ash
of the buildings
and planes
and thousands
of people
in the beginning
of the workday,
brought on
more than
a crisis.
It was
the genesis
of a new
US.
From
America
the Beautiful
to the Big
Beautiful
Bill,
we’re still
in mourning
in this 26th
year,
living
in fear
since
the Big Bang.
The pang
of grief
finds no
relief
when the
thief-in -chief
has the belief
in himself
alone
(with other
authoritarians).
25 years
later,
and the perpetrator
of chaos,
the one
who may cost
us
the most,
is the host
of a reality
show
that happens
to be
the American
presidency.
Obviously,
we are greater
than he,
but what
do you see
in this
reflection?
One World Trade Center, NYC
lou sight 