From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

12/30/2008
—Gregory Maguire
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11 Responses to “From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.”

  1. 12/7/2011Ike says:

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  2. 1/9/201150 Stories Under 50 Words | Lit Drift: Storytelling in the 21st Century says:

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  3. 10/3/2009SkyscraperMan says:

    I love skyscrapers.

  4. 3/1/2009James Penn says:

    Terrible and beautiful at the same time. Love it.

  5. 2/28/2009Doug says:

    Oops, I’m using the American date system. For others, it would be 11/09/01…

  6. 2/28/2009Doug says:

    Emily… kinda odd that your post date (11/01/09) can be rearranged to the date of 9/11 (09/11/01), isn’t it?

    Just sayin’.

  7. 2/13/2009Brendan says:

    I don’t see how this is triumph. It makes me think suicide.

  8. 1/16/200914 year old cryptic girl says:

    Unfortunately, Earth, you’re in our hands.

  9. 1/12/2009Kitty Taylor says:

    There is so much imagery crammed into these six words. It’s fantastic what you can do with so little.

  10. 1/11/2009Emily M. says:

    This sadly reminds me of 9/11.

  11. 1/9/2009Amy says:

    WE can only dream, huh? Huh?

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