The most famous, if not the tallest

Before the fire, before the ash, before the
Bodies tumbling solitary through space, one
Thin skin of glass and metal met another….
Two man-made behemoths joined in a       fatal kiss.

Although this poetic and deeply philosophical expression of the author’s love (no other word will suffice) for the Empire State Building ostensibly celebrates the 75th anniversary of the great American icon, it has been thrown into more poignant relief, indeed could never have been written at all in its present form, without the sudden and awful twin demise of another icon just a few hundred yards downtown.