Saturday, September 11, 2021

The Names

Two decades after it happened, I'd have thought by now I'd be a little farther along on successfully grappling with the grief and anger caused by the events of September 11th, 2001, and yet, here I am, on the 20th Anniversary grasping at straws and still no better at expressing my emotions than as when it was happening. 

This is from another Billy, Collins, and was offered at the first anniversary of the catastrophe but whose words and the solace they provide haven't aged a moment.
-bill kenny


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