What does the burning candle learn,
as it burns down?
A new candle will
take its place
when it gutters out.
When the candle is relit
Is it the same flame?
Twelve months later, motes
from the World Trade Center
have circled the globe.
The ash is everywhere,
infiltrating.
All our deeds
Linger, linger in the air,
Until we know
that they are part of us.
Burnt offerings:
A skyscraper,
Destroyed by airborne terrorists;
A peasant’s hut,
torched in some 'counter-terrorism,'
Witches,
heretics,
Maranos,
(They didn't' really convert.)
Dachau,
Dresden,
Nagasaki….
What is the difference
in this newer burnt offering?
None - until we make it so.
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