The Best Revenge
“On Thursday 7 July 2005 a series of four bomb attacks struck London’s public transport system. . . 56 people killed, 700 injured.”
--Wikipedia
By my annual October trip to London
I have buried the exploded British bodies
under Katrina’s casualties
But still can’t take the bus two kilometers
from Euston Station to St. Margaret’s Hotel
Suitcases too heavy to lift into a bus I tell myself
Losing my first private battle against terrorism
As I pull two suitcases and herd the third
down Upper Woburn Place
All the while awarding myself a walking ovation
for having flown the day after 9/11
Self impor...
