Friday, December 26, 2025

Joan McNerney

Landing


A plane crashed on

Sterling Place

Brooklyn. 1960

 

128 passengers

& six on the

ground. Dead


Couldn’t believe it.  

My friend, Arlene

lived nearby. Worried

 

Got off the bus

walked over & saw

a plane. Overwhelmed


Smell of burning

aircraft as black

soot hung in the air. Unreal


Part of a big gray

plane taking over an

entire crosswalk. Gloom


December 16th

how could any joy be

found in these hard...streets?


We were both15 years old

and Arlene was okay.

We shook our heads. Confused


Looking over our

shoulders to figure out

what comes next. Scared


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