She Knew

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She called his name.
"Old Friend," She said,
"Hello." She moved
Her shoulders back,
Cocked her head
Just as she had
When they were
Young love,
Sharing
Cookies,
A quick fuck
In the park
Behind the hedges,
The pleasure
Of kisses
In May
And future
Perfect
Possibilities.
"Is it you?"
His face turned
Toward the road.
She looked at pavement
'Till the bus departed
Her eyes burned
Hot and moist in the exhaust.
"I thought it was,"
And she knew.

salvage

Debris drifted through out the entire city:
Office memos and banking documents.
Thousands of post-it notes pasted reminders
Everywhere throughout the entire city.

A man walked in with ashes on his face
Covered with the grey dust that pervaded
The barkeep put a draft in front of him.
With no question. He began to tell us
How he walked around aimless and empty
Until he came to a place where firemen
Stooped over, sifting though the litter
He offered to help them collect
The fragments of human remains.
"We did that for hours." He left without
Ever drinking from that glass, his eyes fixed
On images which every one could see.

The pictures traveled all over the world
The airplanes crashed into the two towers
And crowds of people ran from clouds of dust
The pictures from that day covered the world

Did you see us bend to pick up pieces
The same event that tore people apart
Also brought us all closer together.
I found a page torn from a calendar
And i also found this pen.

Obituary for my mother

My Sister sent me this

Dr. Margaret Cameron Wheeler, 85, died in her Eugene, OR home on April 29,
2006. She was born September 3, 1920 in Toronto, Canada to Robert Mc Dougall and
Euphemia Cameron. She married Dr. George William Wheeler (Deceased 2002) in
October, 1957 in New Haven, CT.

Dr. Wheeler received a BA from the University of Toronto in 1946, an MA in
Anthropology from University of Toronto in 1948 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from
Yale University in 1957. She worked in the field of Anthropology for over 40
years, beginning as an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto,
1950-1957; Research Fellow/Research Assistant, Yale University 1957-1962; Assistant
Professor of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut State College, 1962-1963;
Research Associate, Neighborhood Improvement Project, New Haven, CT 1963-1965;
Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1965 -
1984; Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1984-1989.
She was the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching from SUNY at Stony Brook.

She was active for 23 years in the United States Power Squadron, the world's
largest boating educational organization. She served as District Commander,
received 18 merit marks and taught courses in
Piloting, Navigation and Boating Safety. She was an avid and skilled sailor. For
over 30 years she and her husband spent most summers sailing along the New
England coastline.

She was an intrepid young woman. When she was just 16 years-old, she
represented Canada on the swimming team in the 1936 Olympics in Germany. During
college she raced Austin Healy sports cars, took summer jobs as a camp counselor, a
delivery truck driver and worked dispatch on the Canadian Pacific Railway. She
was an ardent bird watcher, and a defender and lover of animals, both wild
and domestic. She enjoyed gardening, good political discussions, anything
Canadian and a fine sense of humor.

She is survived by her son William Cameron Wheeler, of St. Petersburg,
Florida; her daughter Alice Chamberlin Wheeler of Eugene, OR; her son-in-law Ken R.
Hardenbrook of Eugene, OR, and two granddaughters Moria and Rowan.