Category Archives: NEW YORK

Splashing Gas on a Fire

September 11, 2024 – 12:04 pm

Written September 25, 2010 World leaders have flocked to New York for the General Assembly. President Obama addressed the dignitaries to ask for a final solution to the Palestinian problem. Other diplomats have voiced their concerns over poverty and global warming, however the Iranian president scored big with his claim that the 9/11 attacks were […]

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9/11 9 years minus 2 days

September 11, 2024 – 9:10 am

Written 9/11/2010 Last night I drank wine and smoked weed with my 18 year-old nephew. Odin and I left my apartment at midnight. I lifted my head to the sky. Two columns of light scorched the black-blue sky. 9/11 monument. 9 years later. I still feel sadness. Never fear. You know where the lights lead.

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Made In The USA

September 11, 2024 – 1:58 am

Written Sep 11, 2012 It’s been eleven years since 9/11. Last night I erected my own Twin Towers. They cost $4. Made in the USA. Drank in NYC.

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A DAY FAR FROM NORMAL by Peter Nolan Smith

September 11, 2024 – 1:50 am

That morning a jet roared above the East Village. I opened my eyes. Lots of planes and helicopters flew over Manhattan. None of them ever this low or fast or loud. Thirty seconds later my apartment windows shook with a muffled thud that sounded more a boom than a crash. The children from the day-care […]

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RAIN 9/10/2001 by Peter Nolan Smith

September 10, 2024 – 6:17 pm

September 10, 2001 was a rainy day in New York and the Weather Channel predicted precipitation throughout the afternoon. .3 inches humid and wet. I exited from my East 10th Street apartment at 9.13 and headed toward Velseka’s on 2nd Avenue. My breakfast of a bagel and coffee came to $2.11. I gave the waiter […]

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