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[sid] => 170040
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Transatlantic Pathos
[time] => 2012-01-08 04:31:40
[hometext] => The memory of 9/11 is still fresh...
[bodytext] => Transatlantic Pathos I remember that afternoon – disbelief Stunned silence from those silent witness To tragedy – pain - - stress such distress Perpetrated by monsters – no relief Too painful to contemplate the cost Watch in horror those there wandering Wondering of loved ones – pondering Shaking heads empty eyes wholly lost Commentators pause in sadness trying To relay information – sketchy at best Tears held in check -- throats cleared Poignant pregnant pause – reverence Someone has to help process bathos Hiroshima memory eclipsed -- pathos [comments] => 2 [counter] => 147 [topic] => 51 [informant] => aliopterix [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Event )
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