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Towers of Light

Posted by Thomas Newton on Sunday, September 12, 2010 11:26:06 PM
TOWERS OF LIGHT

I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself
into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.
--Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

The thousand dollar xenon lights all sat
There waiting for the orphaned twelve-year-old
Girl to begin the ceremony that
Her murdered parent lingers to behold.
The switch is thrown by Valerie--her right.
The phantom towers rise, the symbol of
Our Love, the world’s most brilliant shafts of light,
Like spirits, try to touch the stars above.
The worst attack in years on our land
Has murdered them all. We are their begotten
Children here at this ceremony and
Three thousand souls will never be forgotten,
The office workers, firemen, and police.
Three thousand souls will never rest in peace!
 
Thomas Newton
Conservative Poet
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The Old Gray Lady

Posted by Thomas Newton on Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:48:19 PM

THE OLD GRAY LADY

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. [NYT publisher], then a student, had  gotten arrested  in  an antiwar demonstration.
—The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind The New York Times, Susan Tifft and Alex Jones

The Sixties antiwar protester, now
The New York Times newspaper publisher,
Asks how they dare besmirch his sacred cow.
“It’s All the News That’s Fit to Print. Yes sir.”
This big commotion worries her investors,
Her stock has dropped in half, subscriptions for
Some libraries were canceled, and protesters
All shout, “Support the Troops” and “Win the War.”
By printing classified war information
Her news helps terrorists evade detection.
New York will be the first strike in our nation.
She has a disdain for her own protection.
Treason? Insanity? Senility?
The Old Gray Lady, she ain’t what she used to be.

Thomas Newton
Conservative Poet

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