The world looks different after the girl comes into your house. It’s brighter, somehow. More distinct. Everything seems to glow, to have a purpose, a reason. The world was dark, even a bit fuzzy around the edges before. Now everything is sharp and colourful.
United Airlines Flight 175
American Airlines Flight 11
American Airlines Flight 77
United Airlines Flight 93
It looks like a poem. You study the numbers wondering if there is meaning in them. After all, 9/11 has meaning.
When the Taliban bombed those statues in Afghanistan should you have known that the world would change? It seemed like only a blip in the papers one day. The statues were there. Then they were gone. The news moved forward. Now you watch the news like a hawk – hoping to find the next thing before it happens.
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