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Wounded Sisters - New York- Madrid
Two sister cities now,- New York - Madrid
Can boast a strange familiarity,
Both have experienced in the concrete
The reign of terrorist atrocity.
Inspired by some line in the Koran.-
As they interpret it, - with savage zeal
Sliced up big trains alike a tuna can
And human masses with the doors of steel
Embrace, embrace twin sisters tenderly,
Fed by experience identical,
New York, your dead lay in the armory,
Madrid does list their names upon a wall.
Big Apple! be on guard! - El Prado you,-
The pride of valiantly battling Spain!
Plug up your heart now and pursue
The foe that caused such agony and pain
On the same date, you both were visited,
By functionaries, agents of the pit,
Lo! - the eleventh, note! - and learn from it,
Dear City of New York and you Madrid!
Oh mystery of evil! - who explains
Such coward deeds and such atrocity
Of slicing bodies up and chock-full trains
In savage and ferocious butchery
New York - Madrid you are twin sisters now
Trained by experience identical
And smitten by the equal coward blow
Do not lose heart, brave sisters but stand tall!
New York, - Madrid,- bold sisters you of pride
Embrace and hug each other sisterly,
But after hugging, sisters go and fight
The agents of the pit of infamy.
And you that read pray God that He may heed
The wounds of the Big Apple and Madrid
Elizabeth Dandy
Absolutely marvellous Elizabeth.
You have expressed, in well-constructed verse, the feelings of many regarding the two deliberate incidents of cruel death and destruction in these two cities.
I do not know the significance of the eleventh of the month, and have wondered about it myself.
Thank you for creating and posting this articulate and moving poem.
FM Salphire