AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
one child writes words
with plastic letters,
brings them to an altar
with a drawing of
his father. Look,
Daddy look. Someone
who used to talk to
her mother kneels near
the fish tank, still
sees her car in the drive
way, talks to the fish
now, tells them it's just
us, Sarah is gone
(By Lyn Lifshin @ 2001)
one child writes words
with plastic letters,
brings them to an altar
with a drawing of
his father. Look,
Daddy look. Someone
who used to talk to
her mother kneels near
the fish tank, still
sees her car in the drive
way, talks to the fish
now, tells them it's just
us, Sarah is gone
(By Lyn Lifshin @ 2001)



