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USS NEW YORK (LPD-21)
built from steel salvaged from
the World Trade Center 9/11 attacks
built by Northrop Grumman in
New Orleans, Louisiana~ 2004-2007

www.navysite.de/ships/lpd21.htm

JML-PLOGS poetic commentary is below

About Breakfast

I’m not going to lie—
About this one either—
I woke up for breakfast.
I walked down that street for breakfast.

And I’ll contend—
It’s all a booby hatch.
Some are motivated by food—
Others are motivated by wealth—

We’re all selfish.
I wasn’t Good Samaritan.
Honestly— I just wanted breakfast
And there was an obstacle.

This is my worst guilt—
Doubting intuition to avoid the unknown—
It’s not tangible or factual— though
We’re all helpless— till there’s help

So— you want to know
What nobody ever talks about
A Samaritan’s thoughts
Upon approach—

Should I stay or go
He is standing
Leaning peculiar
Everyone else is walking

He’s still standing
Not moving
Nobody else is stopping
No baristas even opening the door…?

My thoughts— “is this real?”
And I said to myself,
“Fine! I’ll balls it!”
I still took my time walking over—

Cautiously watching—
Wanting the situation to change
He said, “I can’t open the door”
His words echoed in my mind—

I can’t open the door—
I can’t open the door—
That’s all he said.
I said a hearty Deep South, “I got you!”

So, I flung the door open—
He said, “you’re not from here”
I said, “I evacuated Katrina.”
What he said was more than a reckoning—

He had a stroke—
While watching the news—
From his hotel room—
Abroad on business—

His office was in the first tower—
He had a stroke seeing 9/11 on the news—
He had a stroke realizing the loss—
He knew the pain— many didn’t get out—

I was stunned even though I knew—
And all I could say was,
“Well— I guess we’ll have breakfast
In honor of survivor’s guilt.”

I couldn’t believe I said that—
As I ordered breakfast—
My internal dialogue was—
Ashamed— I felt every bit

Of the depth of emotions
In his response, “huh— yeah…”
I should have never hesitated to help
And I am glad that I did——

Open the door for breakfast.

XOXO! JML

September 11 attacks
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_at…

Hurricane Katrina
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katri…

US-Mexico border crisis refers to the policies that have led to Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States at the Mexico-United States border.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-Mexico_bor…

Death Comes For The Archbishop
Willa Cather

This is the most historically relevant book for what is happening at the US Southern Boarder.

eBook
openlibrary.org/works/OL12832W/Death_Co…

Why believe in God?
This article is for everyone who questions everything and wants tangible proof handed over for all of their questions. I’m not saying go be gullible— I’m just saying— you question God, you question tornado warnings, and you probably voted for Trump. Go find a way to believe without making us all suffer.

www.space.com/31192-what-triggered-the-…

Earth Day
www.earthday.org/

Major Causes of Climate Change
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-ch…

[1] Hurricane Katrina: Challenges for the Community
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK54237/

Greta Thunberg
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49918719

Fridays for the Future
fridaysforfuture.org/

Stations of the Cross pdf
img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/9887/assets/…

Divine Mercy pdf
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Chaplet of Saint Michael pdf
img-cache.oppcdn.com/fixed/9887/assets/…

How to pray the rosary pdf
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The Benedictine Rule
Benedict of Nursia

PDF
www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0480…

AUDIO
youtu.be/Hs59ElP2zGI

eBook
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50040