remembering 9/11

preparing for work
on that September morning
news stories of the towers,
this is war of the worlds --
a H G Wells radio play

how did I not know about this?
but it was real news,
an orchestrated fictive narrative unfolding
before my eyes.

the horror repeated endlessly on TV
designed to instill fear;
that sight will never leave me,

our world will never be the same again.
the world has been duped
introduced to the American war on terror
a manipulated act intended to intimidate
and elicit a lasting emotional response
to future threats produced on demand.

once again we had been brainwashed.

The War on Terror Campaign had begun
we continue to kill innocents in the name of terror,
3,000 in New York, a million in Iraq,
an unknown number in Afghanistan
and other battlefields yet to be announced

we live in shame because of 9/11
let us not forget the innocent, murdered souls

remember them with love and compassion
and never forget those nefarious, domestic cabals
that hatched that evil plan.