poem “operation diligence”, a poem written hearing that fighter jets could not be sent to stop a hijacked airplane on 9/11/01 because they were detained in an operation drill called “operation diligence” — and how the military can be in training to protect, making them to busy to ACTUALLY protect people, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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operation diligence
Janet Kuypers
9/8/15
written after hearing that fighter jets could not be sent to stop
a hijacked airplane on 9/11/01 because they were detained
in an operation drill called “operation diligence”
someone was coming to attack
and I had no way to stop them
so I thought someone could help me
I called my nearest government agency
to see if they could save me
and they said
that any troops that could assist me
are in a training mission right now,
called “operation diligence”
which, I’ve learned, is their training
to stop terrible things like this
from happening to people like me
so... they’re detained,
in a practice drill meant to save me,
while I am left here to fend for myself

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