John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ
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Every. TIME. That. I. Look--and--GLANCE,
AT. THE. Wall--CLOCK And. It. Says
0911:///////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
I. STOP. PAUSE. CLOSE. MY. EYES. And. I
OPEN. MY. HEART. And. I
Begin-TO-PRAY
_____________. AS. I. CAN-NEVER-FORGET
WHAT. HAPPENED. When. ^^^. AMERICA. ^^^
CAME. UNDER. ###. BRUTAL-TERRORIST-ATTACK. ###
ON. >>>. SEPTEMBER. ELEVENTH
In. The. YEAR
TWO
THOUSAND
AND
O
N
E:///////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
EverY. TimE. I. GLANCE
and. LOOK. At. The.
WALL-CLOCK,
And. I. Look. Very. Fast. And. Quick--> ONCE,
Then. When. I. Realize. It. Reads---((( 0911. }}};://////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Then. I. PRAY. And. I. Say- (((. AMEN. )))
and. I. STOP-MY-BREATH. And. I. Open-MY
H. E. A. R. T_____
and. I. >>. REMEMBER. <<
IN. (((. 2 0 0 1. )))
>>. SEPTEMBER. <<
\\\. E L E V E N. ///
THE. # DEVASTATING #
## HORRIFIC. ##
###. UNFORGETTABLE. ###
####. AMERICAN. ####
#####. TRAGEDY. ####
######. OF. ######
######. T E R R O R. ######
#######. ATTACK. #######
That. Did. SO--HURTFULLY,
HATEFULLY, And
########. E V I L L Y. ########
TAKE. SAD, BAD, PLACE
AND. #########. SHOCKINGLY. ########
H. A. P. P. E. N:////////
I. WAS. Sitting. In. My-CAR,
Early. In. The. MORNING
and. Waiting. TO. Take
A. Big-EXAM. And. School
TEST. And. Studying.
Before-The--BIG
T. E. S. T---At
My. " MARIC-COLLEGE. "
N U R S I N G
SCHOOL:////////-------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
A. Class-Mate--Girl, she. Was. Also. Studying. In. Her
Car. Next. To. Me. In. The. Nursing-School
Parking-LOT___________________
and. SHE. Originally. Was. From
>>. NEW-YORK. <<
and. SHE. Was. Listening. To
Her. Radio. And. I. HEARD-HER
L. O. U. D. L. Y
ScreamingSCREAMINGScreaming
and. C. R. Y. I. N. G,________
About. The. ###. BREAKING--SHOCKING--NEWS. ###
About. The. Terrorist. Planes. Smashing. Into THE
NEW--YORK_______[[. TWIN-TOWERS. ]]
as. The. Sad. Bad. DEVASTATING
NEWS. Was. SO.
Terribly. ###. EVIL. ###
###. HARSH. ###
AND. ###. CRUEL. ###:////////------------\\\\\\\\\\\\
We. We're. Both. In. >>. BreathLESS. <<
S. H. O. C. K:////////-------------\\\\\\\\\\\\
SHE. KEPT. CRYING. CRYING. And. CRYING
and. SCREAMING-So-Hurtfully-LOUDLY
and. SHE-----Was----In---Shock
and. Couldn't. Even
Say. A Word
and. TALK:////////------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
We. Went. To. ". CLASS. "
__. And __. EveryONE. __. WAS __
S. H. O. C. K. I. N. G. L. Y____
SIGHING. And
CRYING
OUT
L
O
U
D:////////----------\\\\\\\\\\\\\
As. It. Was THE. DARKEST-MOST-HORRIFIC-DEVASTATING-
TERRIBLE----TRAGEDY----TERRORIST---ACT
IN. {{{. AMERICA. }}}
and. A. DAY. OF
Deep-SADNESS
With-BLACK
CLOUD:////////----------\\\\\\\\\
In. School. NO-ONE
even. The. Teachers
SAID. ONE. >>. WORD. <<
AS. EveryONE. For. SO. Long
was. In. Total. SHOCK. And
C. R. Y. I. N. G
and. Deeply
HURTFULLY
SIGHING:////////----------\\\\\\\\\
I. FELT. SO. ANGRY--UPSET--and--HURT--and--
I. STARTED. NON-STOP
W. R. I. T. I. N. G____________
What. EveryONE______________
WAS. FEELING:////////-----------\\\\\\\\\\\\
After. An. >>. HOUR. <<
OF. EveryONE. Non-STOP
In. Total-SHOCK
CRYING. And
DEEPLY
S
I
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I
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i. WAS. NON-STOP. MAKING
A. ***. POEM. ***. About
{{{. 911. }}}
and
W
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I. Wrote
>>. FIVE. <<.
{{{. 911. }}}
POEMS----Raw and. REAL
How. We. ALL. Were. In
Deep. Hurt. And. SHOCK
and. FEELING______
BUT. After.
AN. HOUR. We.
>>. ALL. <<. HAD
TO. Take. The. Bug-NURSING
T. E. S. T---ANYWAY:////////----------\\\\\\\\\\\
B
E
F
O
R
E
WE. ALL. TOOK. THE
""". BIG. """. NURSING
EXAM. And. """. TEST. ""'
I
RAISED
MY
HAND
And
ASKED
THE
TEACHER
IF. I. COULD. READ. A. """. POEM. """
ABOUT. THE. SHOCKING. NEWS. THAT. JUST
H. A. P. P. E. N. E. D
and. Then. When. I. >>>>>>>>. READ. <<<<<<<<
MY. {{{. 911. }}~. {{{{{{{{. POEM. }}}}}}}}
TO. ALL. OF. THE. {{{{{{{{. CLASS. }}}}}}}}
iT. WAS. COMPLETE. {{{{{{{{. SILENCE. }}}}}}}}
and. WE. ALL. TOOK. THE. TEST
and. ALL. DID
F
I
R
S
T
___. PRAY. ____:////////-----------\\\\\\\\\\\
BY. JOHN. D. JUNGERS
17. DECEMBER. 2 0 2 2
AT. THE. Wall--CLOCK And. It. Says
0911:///////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
I. STOP. PAUSE. CLOSE. MY. EYES. And. I
OPEN. MY. HEART. And. I
Begin-TO-PRAY
_____________. AS. I. CAN-NEVER-FORGET
WHAT. HAPPENED. When. ^^^. AMERICA. ^^^
CAME. UNDER. ###. BRUTAL-TERRORIST-ATTACK. ###
ON. >>>. SEPTEMBER. ELEVENTH
In. The. YEAR
TWO
THOUSAND
AND
O
N
E:///////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
EverY. TimE. I. GLANCE
and. LOOK. At. The.
WALL-CLOCK,
And. I. Look. Very. Fast. And. Quick--> ONCE,
Then. When. I. Realize. It. Reads---((( 0911. }}};://////----------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Then. I. PRAY. And. I. Say- (((. AMEN. )))
and. I. STOP-MY-BREATH. And. I. Open-MY
H. E. A. R. T_____
and. I. >>. REMEMBER. <<
IN. (((. 2 0 0 1. )))
>>. SEPTEMBER. <<
\\\. E L E V E N. ///
THE. # DEVASTATING #
## HORRIFIC. ##
###. UNFORGETTABLE. ###
####. AMERICAN. ####
#####. TRAGEDY. ####
######. OF. ######
######. T E R R O R. ######
#######. ATTACK. #######
That. Did. SO--HURTFULLY,
HATEFULLY, And
########. E V I L L Y. ########
TAKE. SAD, BAD, PLACE
AND. #########. SHOCKINGLY. ########
H. A. P. P. E. N:////////
I. WAS. Sitting. In. My-CAR,
Early. In. The. MORNING
and. Waiting. TO. Take
A. Big-EXAM. And. School
TEST. And. Studying.
Before-The--BIG
T. E. S. T---At
My. " MARIC-COLLEGE. "
N U R S I N G
SCHOOL:////////-------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
A. Class-Mate--Girl, she. Was. Also. Studying. In. Her
Car. Next. To. Me. In. The. Nursing-School
Parking-LOT___________________
and. SHE. Originally. Was. From
>>. NEW-YORK. <<
and. SHE. Was. Listening. To
Her. Radio. And. I. HEARD-HER
L. O. U. D. L. Y
ScreamingSCREAMINGScreaming
and. C. R. Y. I. N. G,________
About. The. ###. BREAKING--SHOCKING--NEWS. ###
About. The. Terrorist. Planes. Smashing. Into THE
NEW--YORK_______[[. TWIN-TOWERS. ]]
as. The. Sad. Bad. DEVASTATING
NEWS. Was. SO.
Terribly. ###. EVIL. ###
###. HARSH. ###
AND. ###. CRUEL. ###:////////------------\\\\\\\\\\\\
We. We're. Both. In. >>. BreathLESS. <<
S. H. O. C. K:////////-------------\\\\\\\\\\\\
SHE. KEPT. CRYING. CRYING. And. CRYING
and. SCREAMING-So-Hurtfully-LOUDLY
and. SHE-----Was----In---Shock
and. Couldn't. Even
Say. A Word
and. TALK:////////------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
We. Went. To. ". CLASS. "
__. And __. EveryONE. __. WAS __
S. H. O. C. K. I. N. G. L. Y____
SIGHING. And
CRYING
OUT
L
O
U
D:////////----------\\\\\\\\\\\\\
As. It. Was THE. DARKEST-MOST-HORRIFIC-DEVASTATING-
TERRIBLE----TRAGEDY----TERRORIST---ACT
IN. {{{. AMERICA. }}}
and. A. DAY. OF
Deep-SADNESS
With-BLACK
CLOUD:////////----------\\\\\\\\\
In. School. NO-ONE
even. The. Teachers
SAID. ONE. >>. WORD. <<
AS. EveryONE. For. SO. Long
was. In. Total. SHOCK. And
C. R. Y. I. N. G
and. Deeply
HURTFULLY
SIGHING:////////----------\\\\\\\\\
I. FELT. SO. ANGRY--UPSET--and--HURT--and--
I. STARTED. NON-STOP
W. R. I. T. I. N. G____________
What. EveryONE______________
WAS. FEELING:////////-----------\\\\\\\\\\\\
After. An. >>. HOUR. <<
OF. EveryONE. Non-STOP
In. Total-SHOCK
CRYING. And
DEEPLY
S
I
G
H
I
N
G:////////-----------\\\\\\\\\\\
i. WAS. NON-STOP. MAKING
A. ***. POEM. ***. About
{{{. 911. }}}
and
W
R
I
T
I
N
G:////////----------\\\\\\\\
I. Wrote
>>. FIVE. <<.
{{{. 911. }}}
POEMS----Raw and. REAL
How. We. ALL. Were. In
Deep. Hurt. And. SHOCK
and. FEELING______
BUT. After.
AN. HOUR. We.
>>. ALL. <<. HAD
TO. Take. The. Bug-NURSING
T. E. S. T---ANYWAY:////////----------\\\\\\\\\\\
B
E
F
O
R
E
WE. ALL. TOOK. THE
""". BIG. """. NURSING
EXAM. And. """. TEST. ""'
I
RAISED
MY
HAND
And
ASKED
THE
TEACHER
IF. I. COULD. READ. A. """. POEM. """
ABOUT. THE. SHOCKING. NEWS. THAT. JUST
H. A. P. P. E. N. E. D
and. Then. When. I. >>>>>>>>. READ. <<<<<<<<
MY. {{{. 911. }}~. {{{{{{{{. POEM. }}}}}}}}
TO. ALL. OF. THE. {{{{{{{{. CLASS. }}}}}}}}
iT. WAS. COMPLETE. {{{{{{{{. SILENCE. }}}}}}}}
and. WE. ALL. TOOK. THE. TEST
and. ALL. DID
F
I
R
S
T
___. PRAY. ____:////////-----------\\\\\\\\\\\
BY. JOHN. D. JUNGERS
17. DECEMBER. 2 0 2 2
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EveryTIME. A. Look. And. GLANCE-at-THE. ` CLOCK `. And. It. Reads---0911---I. REMEMBER. September. Eleventh--2001
EveryTIME. A. Look. And. GLANCE-at-THE. ` CLOCK `. And. It. Reads---0911---I. REMEMBER. September. Eleventh--2001