Lawrence Hall
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When the Rescuers Stood Down
Surfside, Florida
When the rescuers stood down
last night they left
Their prayers, their
desperate hopes, their bitter tears
Upon those troubled rocks where
they poured out love
They poured themselves,
and they are empty now
What’s left must soon come
down:
Concrete and steel, toys
and dolls, Mama’s pictures
Letters from friends, ‘phones
that won’t ring anymore
Eyeglasses, fountain pens,
lesson plans, books
Spare change, unfinished
poems, unfinished lives
The rescuers will return,
and try again
Because their hearts are
in that wreckage still
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