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In Flight (Head-Line Poetry 11-9-09)

Hasan tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers These things scatter like shards of steel carried in the air, gaping jaws, flags, winged by the soaring flesh of gravity, memories leap up, piercing the hue of skin. More troops needed for Afghanistan: U.S. General Casey And while they’re airborne in that nameless sky, because only vengeance can offer them comfort while torture moves in chorus with their stillness, they shall go in any direction the sightless point. For Opponents of Abortion, a Victory in Health Care Vote Foul captivity swells within these rich designs as their victory aborts the revered manuscript and their dream unveils our snatched decline. UK honors fallen as Afghan death toll rises The song’s been bellowing for much too long on behalf of death and the pale memory of death, so what song shall we sing for the victims?