Act like
Nothing happened
They say
Don’t be afraid
Just go about
Your business
Like
Any other day
Sleepless…numb…
Feeling
Out of sorts?
Join legions
Going
Through the motions
In the midst of
Unending commotion
Move along now…
There’s
Nothing
Here to see
A moonscape
Of debris
Five stories high
The collective
Dreams
Of thousands
Billow
Into the sky
An eerie glow
Lights the night
Their souls refusing
To take flight
Welcome to the
Big Apple
Once the city
That never sleeps
Now reduced to
Empty streets
The natives are
Restless
They
Toss and turn
The rubble pyre
Continues to burn
But go on about
Your business
It’s just
Another day