i was in my 3rd year of university/ my bestest friend was studying abroad in Italy
and it was to be the second day of school
i had the perfect view from my room
when the first plane hit my alarm rang
when the second plane hit i was still lying in bed
the raucous was so wild that i jumped out of bed and walked out onto our balcony
my roommates were stirring inside
the glass was still separating from the second hit
the sky was so very blue and the glass twinkled in the sunlight
i started to iron because i assumed things would go on as usual
my phone rang and elizabeth was on the other line calling from Florence, in tears
my parents rang from brooklyn and asked that i accept jesus into my heart
i was wearing fire engine red pants from H&M and a sparkly sleeveless pale red michael stars tank
the first tower fell/ we fled/ i brought my turtles (sweetie darling+killer)
we walked north on lafayette
at astor we went east
on saint marks sandra bullock, who was in town for some press related thing asked “where are you going”
and i said to the water, she asked if she could join
and so we walked on with her+ her two friends
she shared the details of her morning and we shared ours
photo pakistani airlines advertisement 1979
