tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17738789.post-21762190735860189542007-09-11T11:08:00.000-04:002007-09-11T13:33:42.657-04:00<br></br><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><br />bb</span>MAN ABOVE IT ALL</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Looking</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">up</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">more</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">at</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">b</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">he</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">b</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">dances</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">speck</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">and</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">seemingly</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">soars</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">miles</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">between</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">above</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">the</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">me, I</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbbbbbbbb</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">buildings,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">push my legs into the solid earth, as if to keep him</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">from falling.<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">bbb</span>the more afraid I am that I will fall.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />by Judy Kamilhor<br />September 14, 2003<br />For Philippe Petit* on the second anniversary of September 11, 2001<br /><br />For those who don't know who Philippe Petit is, he was the acrobat/daredevil/visionary who set up a tightrope between the Twin Towers a few years after it was built, and walked back and forth eight times, without a harness or anything else keeping him attached. The Ken Burns series on New York City included the footage, and was shown on the second anniversary of 9/11.<br /><br />It was while watching this documentary, that I finally felt all my feelings about the attacks. The first two years I turned my feelings into political and cultural cartoons that sprang out of me on an almost daily basis starting a few days after the attacks.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">© Judy Kamilhor 2007</span>Judy Kamilhorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00490276380470576598noreply@blogger.com