Axis & Allies - damowords

The North Tower
How vastly the capital of the Earth
Outrollʹd her concrete sprawl without debate
To such famous monuments given birth ‐
Libertyʹs vision & the Empire state ‐
dwarfʹd by the twins
That tower to the sky
The world zodiac spins around the Gemini
Peering upon the ants below
From the hundred & first floor
She froze…for looming at window
White, majestic wings in roar,
Her life flash’d by before the blow,
Then she was there namore…
Caught in Dantean incineration
On all sides surges the devastation
The tower struck stood like a rock
Then shook with a shudder,
The aftershock spread block‐by‐block
ʺThereʹs been a disaster!ʺ
ʺMan a god, damn jet has flown into the World Trade Centre!ʺ
New York City
08:47
The South Tower
The cityʹs finest swiftly steal the show
Surmount stairwells like salmon gin the stream
For bravery applauded as they go
Up to the smoke, the sulphur & the scream
Many have flockt
To watch from wide windows
Mystified & shellshockt... a roar of engine grows
Airplane ploughing kamakaze
Blows up inside the tower
So ferocious is this fury
Not felt since Okinawa
Parts of bodies, luggage, debris,
Fall in grisly shower ‐
While smoke & flames lickʹd from that gaping hole
Down on the screaming streets sharp, shard‐darts fall.
Paulo tried to avert his eyes,
He tried, but then who could
As from the skies a figure flies
To land with wincing thud,
Leaving three hundred dollar dress & flesh‐fleck’d pool of
blood.
New York
09.32