story462.xml
Title
story462.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-04-24
911DA Story: Story
Due to the Disaster at the World Trade Center
Glorious old N train
ambling into the station
like a happy hound dog
stopping to slurp up passengers
like treats.
Waiting on the platform,
three out of four men
are achingly handsome,
and three out of four again.
Today without the airports open and
with the towers gone
I am awakened and as omnivorous
as a child, new in the world,
taking everything in
instead of tuning most everything out.
To keep from crying I
want everyone to say,
beautiful city!
Mine, mine, mine!
--DP, 9/14/01
Glorious old N train
ambling into the station
like a happy hound dog
stopping to slurp up passengers
like treats.
Waiting on the platform,
three out of four men
are achingly handsome,
and three out of four again.
Today without the airports open and
with the towers gone
I am awakened and as omnivorous
as a child, new in the world,
taking everything in
instead of tuning most everything out.
To keep from crying I
want everyone to say,
beautiful city!
Mine, mine, mine!
--DP, 9/14/01
Collection
Citation
“story462.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 13, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13103.