Landing, a poem by Joan McNerney at Spillwords.com

Landing

Landing

written by: Joan McNerney

 

A plane crashed on
Sterling Place
Brooklyn. 1960

128 passengers
& six on the
ground. Dead

Couldn’t believe it.
My friend, Arlene
lived nearby. Worried

Got off the bus
walked over & saw
a plane. Overwhelmed

Smell of burning
aircraft as black
soot hung in the air. Unreal

Part of a big gray
plane taking over an
entire crosswalk. Gloom

December 16th
how could any joy be
found in these hard…streets?

Both 15 years old
& Arlene was okay.
We shook our heads.

What’s next?

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