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I've lived in this neighborhood
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I know where to get good
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bagels and exotic beers.
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The favorite sidewalk cafes
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where locals like to eat,
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but I never paid attention to.
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The firehouse on this street
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On one side there's a parking lot
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The other side a laundromat
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Across the street's a small boutique
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where you might find an antique hat down on the corner,
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an all -night diner and
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discount drugstore where life goes on,
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but not quite like the way it did before.
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At first there was this slender
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thread of optimistic hope
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The digging went on round the clock
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No one slept, but somehow coped
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The photos of the missing men
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were posted on the glass
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Of the red door where we said
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a prayer
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Whenever we walked past
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The wind shifted to the north
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Smoke filled our lungs
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Stung our eyes, burned our throats
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Left a bitter taste upon our tongues
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We drank more than we should have
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Before we went to bed
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Everyone I know had nightmares
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Dreams all filled with dread
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Day blurred into night, then day,
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then night, then day again.
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Missing was the buzzword,
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too hard to think.
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It was the end for young men,
charging up the stairs
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as hell came rolling down.
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Though logic was not on our side,
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we thought they'd all be fine.
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Cause still there was this slender
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thread of optimistic hope.
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The digging went on round the clock, no one slept,
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but somehow caught the photos of the
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missing men were posted on the glass of the red
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door where we said a prayer whenever we
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walked by.
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Believers lit votive candles, laid flowers at the door,
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baked cas seroles, and homemade breads
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But wished they could do more, and the guys inside were grateful,
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but preferred to grieve alone
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Though trained to save the lives of others,
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they could not save their own.
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May be next year the pain won't
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be as sharp as it is today.
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Though it will never completely go away
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And we will talk in terms of
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before and after the attack
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And wish that more than anything
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We could bring those
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brave men back
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Reality sliced cleanly through
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that slender thread of hope
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The digging just went on and on
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Some snapped, most of us still cope
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The photos of the missing are
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missing from the glass
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of the red door where we
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whenever we walk past
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whenever we walk past
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