“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...