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Xanadu

            Wandering around Manhattan with friends, without preparation or a personal agenda, the week after an anniversary that might have included impeding ceremonies, I had only a few minutes to capture a meaningful photo of the 9/11 Monument, failed, and settled for this somewhat austere land/city/sky/scape on the lower west side of Manhattan. Despite the monument’s obvious merits, I wondered about the wisdom of devoting such resources to reinforcing a wound that can never heal. I’ve lived in The New Yorker for half a century, Midtown for a handful of scattered weeks, all after the event, and am not entitled to an opinion.  

Pumps cry a river.
Life goes on—no time for grief.
Still, it gives one pause.

Freedom’s just another 
Word for nothing left to lose.
We still have plenty.

3 Mar 2022; 13:00 CST; Provia + 
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Taken in: United States / New York / Battery Park City (show map)

Taken on: September 22, 2021

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Camera: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, f/2.4, 1/978 sec, 1.5mm, ISO 25 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Aperture:	f/2.4
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/978)
Focal Length:	1.5mm
ISO:	25
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	14.7.1
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