April 19, 1995* can hear the voices crying,
I
the outrage of the country.
The innocence and normalcy ended before the five-o-clock bell
by someone with no right to
The
push the clock ahead.
flags
their redness
have
lost their glory,
flowing down the poles.
From half their height, they demonstrate our mourning.
—Eve Parker * April 19,
1995 commemorates the date
of the Oklahoma City bombing.
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