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# The Two Towers
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-two-towers/
- Published: 2021-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: The fountain in the plaza between them gently washed away anxiety and worry I loved to walk in their shadows eyeing beautiful women sitting on benches, having lunch and crossing their legs A spring ritual of self-affi...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

The fountain in the plaza between them  
gently washed away anxiety and worry  
I loved to walk in their shadows  
eyeing beautiful women  
sitting on benches, having lunch  
and crossing their legs  
A spring ritual of self-affirmation  
I used to look out my 68th floor window  
onto the sparkling blue harbor  
and the green lady, so calm and strong  
welcoming the navy during fleet week  
Though on stormy days  
the gathering clouds did seem  
like the hand of god  
reaching down

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**Author notes:** I worked on the 68th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center through both World Center bombings. The plane hit the 72nd floor. At the plane's speed, hitting the 68th or 72nd.... It was years before I could cross the Verrazano Bridge without tearing up. An indelible bad memory indeed.