Libby Larsen. Sifting through the ruins. II. To the towers Themselves

Chiaroscuro Trio:
Elizabeth Pétillot, contralto
Aurelien Pétillot, viola
Yuko Kato, piano

Song cycle written in the immediate aftermath of the tragedies of 9/11.

II. To the Towers Themselves
Anonymous. Collected by the Parks Department, probably from Union Square.

They were never my favorites,
Not the Carmen Miranda Chrysler,
Not Rockefeller's magic boxes,
Nor the Empire, which I think would have killed us all if she fell.

They were two young dumb guys,
Swaggering across the skyline.
Beer drinking MBA's
Not too bright.

Now that they are gone,
They are like young men
Lost at war,
Not having had their life yet.
They are lost like cannon fodder,
Like farm boys throughout time, stunned to death,
Not knowing what hit them
And beloved
By the weeping mothers left behind.

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