10 years ago, I was a sophomore in college. I had an assignment in my poetry class to imitate another poet’s style. How I felt then is no different than how I feel now.
Elegy for Capitalism
By Whitney Hess
Imitating Larry Levis
Written 11/01/2001It’s a new love outside
A love you’ll never see.
As I saw you leap to freedom
Your work shoes reminded me
Of your death sentence.I saw you on the TV,
Knew who you were,
But didn’t recognize your face.
Was it just too hot inside?
What was wrong with the stairs?I am an ocean,
Neither here nor there,
But everywhere.
A reflection of you: hot and cold,
Wet and new, but I’ve been here forever.I met you in my dreams,
Shook your hand,
Signed the contract,
Sealed the deal.
Life is a job that kills us.
9/11. We will never forget.
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