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Dec 2011
You see me suspended in space-time
as I’m passing the 89th floor
Falling headlong, my form is impressive.
Sadly, no one will be holding up scores.
Just moments ago I was standing
at a Morton’s Fork in the road:
The fires of hell were advancing
where I stood on the 98th Floor.
Well can you imagine my terror
when I came face to face with the flames.
I don’t know why I chose as I did;
Souls in torment can never explain.
The day of my death predetermined,
but which death would provide me less pain?.
My choice, which was no “choice” at all
was to smash through the window and fall.
Then the only thing that could “save” me
was the camera that captured it all
This poem was written about the famous photograph from 9-11 "The Falling Man"
Morton was Henry VII's tax collector. Morton's fork is a choice of two equally unpleasant alternatives.
John F McCullagh
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John F McCullagh  63/M/NY
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