two
months ago
no
one would have tolerated
décor
the equivalent of hoarse shouting
row
after row after row
the
American Flag
what
does it mean?
a
woman holding her young child
a
thin man gripping his coffee
a
homeless man urinating on the sidewalk before me
a
businessman pretending life has not changed
forever
row
after row after row
the
American Flag
what
does it mean?
the
dream always hovered at the tips of our fingers,
not
graspable, but still a dream
not
as one-dimensional as a flag
nor
as monochromatic
but
as potent and bright
as nostalgia
as
loss
October
18, 2001