I slept through the apocalypse in 2001
I had gotten night and day mixed up
Like an east to west flight racing the sun
Because I had entered my first art contest
On the internet that week
And I had won
So when the towers and the people fell
I was dreaming of teeth falling out
When you’ve lived this life this long
The teeth might as well
So my mom told me from the other side of the door
That America was under attack
And I wanted to protect this woman
Who taught me how to spell
And I wondered how anyone would pick up a gun
When I had always used a pen
Why someone would attack with a plane
Just to get our attention
And I wanted to call everyone I knew
To hear their voices again
I wanted to sit down with an Arab
Or any Muslim
A fundamentalist of any club
They could be a Christian
Or a Jew or a Muslim
Because all have killed in the name of their God
But I was always taught that God is love

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