Frank Sherlock

 

Elegy
                                                                                            for Rachel Corrie



The young American is
                                                           1)    accompanied by a series of  photographs…

                                                                                                                  2) dead…

                        3) in the works as of this morning…

                                                                                                4) good reason right now…

                                                5) contact…

                                                                                                                                                  6) her own words…

The young American is



                                    7) dove bullhorn…

                                                                                                                  8) enemy...

                                                                                                   9) heard around the world deeply…

                                                               10) not dead…

                                                                                                                                 11) represented as real…

                                                12) left in the margin…

The young American is

                                                                                                                       13) occupied territory…

                               14) a tree abandoned or destroyed…

                                                                                                                                  15) blonde & red keffiyah…

                                                               16) broken on our hands…