( DEDICATED TO THE PERSON WHO WAVED THE BATH TOWEL FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THE NORTH TOWER ON SEPTEMBER 11.)

NOT BEING AMERICAN, I CAN GIVE AN OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW.
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED AND WEARY FROM THE ELLIS ISLAND QUEUE.
DRIVING IN FROM KENNEDY, THOSE EARLY IMMIGRANTS CROWD THE INTERSTATE. 
AT CALVARY AND MOUNT ZION, THEY HAVE CREATED REALITY FROM DREAMS, AND YOUR AT ITS GATE.
GIVE THEM LIBERTY, THE TYPE THAT TYRANNY CONFOUNDS.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE WONDERFUL ENERGY ABOUNDS.
THEIR LEGACY TO US ARE THE BUILDINGS THAT STAND.
ON THE ISLAND OF THE HILLS SO PROUD , SO GRAND.
THE THING THAT GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATES THIS SO WELL, SO FINE.
IS THAT MAN MADE GRAPHIC EQUALIZER, THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE.
TWO HIGH PEAKS ARE MISSING WHERE SYMBOLS ARE NORMALLY FOUND.
WILL THE HARMONY BE BROKEN , THE LOSS SO PROFOUND.
IN ITS SPIRITUAL HOME MR LENNONS IMAGINATION STANDS PROUD AND TALL.
FOR NEW YORK A RACIAL LIQUIDIZER, TEACHES TOLERANCE FOR ALL.
MANY YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT WILL 9-11 MEAN, A DATE OF COURSE, A NUMBER PERHAPS.
STILL CONNECTING TO THOSE GUYS WEARING NYC DEPARTMENT BASEBALL CAPS.
THE REST OF THE WORLD SINGS A CHORUS FROM THAT OLD SINATRA SONG.
ITS UP TO YOU NEW YORK NEW YORK, WE KNOW IT WONT BE LONG.
YOUR TEARS WILL DRY FOR THOSE HEARTS SO BRAVE AND TRUE.
THATS WHY THE REST OF THE WORLD LOVES THE RED WHITE AND BLUE.