On September 11 2001
Donald Trump
couldn't resist noting
in an interview with a New York television station
that his building at 40 Wall Street
after the attacks on the World Trade Center towers
was now "the tallest."
This year
going easy
on the honoring of lost lives
and heavy
on the military strength
he said
"America cannot be intimidated
and those who try
will join a long list
of vanquished enemies
who dared test our mettle.”
This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper.
