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Fall
Iraq, I tell my husband, As we stand in our kitchen … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Fall. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at https://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/fall/
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Circuit
The power goes off again In this condo I am living in … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Circuit. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/circuit/
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Spin
When my son asks me what is a tsunami, I tell him it is a giant wave … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Spin. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/spin/
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Wash
I am standing in my dark garage, Unloading a washing machine, facing a concrete wall, and … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s poem called Wash. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/wash/
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Crack
The first time my husband said it, said The word divorce, I felt my marriage break … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s poem called Crack. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/
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Dust
Sometimes I still think about it, the dust. I worry about what was in it, about how It was filled with particles of insulation And lead and chemicals and asbestos, And how I breathed it in that day when The … Continue reading
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9/11
It is almost ten years after and I went back. I went back to Ground Zero, back to the site, Where the planes hit and the bodies jumped, And the Towers fell, while I just stood there, On the street … Continue reading
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9/11: Day Three Hundred Sixty Five
And so I left. I left law school, and I left New York City.
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9/11: Day Three Hundred Sixty Four
I went back to school for a few days, Until I couldn’t do it anymore, not with The dust and digging of Ground Zero Below me.
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9/11: Day Three Hundred Sixty Three
I wore a mask. But I remember thinking, thinking How, how I could feel it in my lungs, The dust, and what it was, how this Was a burial ground.
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