On Tragedy....

What constitutes TRAGEDY ?

Is it 2 planes hitting 2 buildings and exploding on impact, killing and maiming countless people ?

Is it the bodies that were buried alive beneath the rubble and debris of the Twin Towers, never to be found ?

Is it the SHIFT in society which occurred just immediately after the crashes ?

Is it the fact that we now have to UN-dress in order to board a flight ?

Is it that EVERYWHERE we turn, there are policemen, rendering this place an essential POLICE STATE ?

Is it TRAGIC that our "revered INTELLIGENCE" didn't KNOW ?

How about the fact that we literally CRINGE at the site of a TURBAN ???
Is that TRAGIC ?

What constitutes a TRAGEDY ?

On this Misty day....

She felt the cold thud of raindrops falling on her shoulders and face as she ran for the car...

The rain was hard...BLUNT against her skin...

And the day was hot...humid...

So much so that the condensation created a veritable CLOUD of SMOKE sizzling UP out of the streets....

Something about this site made her feel sentimental....nostalgic...wistful even..

Summer was done....Just like that....

The carefree, barefooted days were being replaced imminently with short , dark ones...

There would be Beef Stew and Hot Chocolate....

No more Pink Lemonade....

She brushed a TEAR from her face...

At least she THOUGHT it was a TEAR..

Perhaps it was simply a lone raindrop, clinging ever-so-tightly to her still SUN-KISSED cheeks...