Alter wise at owl-light

or a poem written late at night and finished in the morning

why call 9/11 9/11

is something that puzzles me

between moves on the chess board

designed for the blind

in most of the rest of the world

the date that day was 11/9

not 9/11

9/11 was the date

Dylan Thomas died in New York

although at the Chelsea

they would probably say

Dylan died on 11/9

and not 9/11 as it would be said

in Wales

logic tells me

you begin with the smallest

work towards the biggest

first you have the time

then comes the day

then the month

then the year

or am I

simply

nuts

puddled

deranged

and out of my mind

or am I

simply

a simpleton

unlike all the sane

and 9/11 oriented

the 9/11 billions

now it's black's turn to move