Word: griefs
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...more than 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks are frozen in snapshots, wide-smiling men and women in crisp suits and uniforms who liked to build birdhouses on weekends and play practical jokes. In the literature of grief, they have become hardworking innocents, heroes and saints. But those they left behind are decidedly human. Some compete with others for most bereaved status; others demand an apology even when no one is listening. Some are popping pills, and others cannot leave the house. Most days, they are inconsolable. And as the rest of the country begins to ease back...
...more than 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks are frozen in snapshots, wide-smiling men and women in crisp suits and uniforms who liked to build birdhouses on weekends and play practical jokes. In the literature of grief, they have become hardworking innocents, heroes and saints. But those they left behind are decidedly human. Some compete with others for most bereaved status; others demand an apology even when no one is listening. Some are popping pills, and others cannot leave the house. Most days, they are inconsolable. And as the rest of the country begins to ease back...
...counted. And they linger after everyone else has left. "My daughter-in-law was upset when we went to the meetings," Susan says. "She said, 'It's not really about you. It's about the widows and children.' And I said, 'I want more information.' You can't compare grief, because nobody can get inside you. But I feel like an orphan. When they did this formula, why didn't they consider the parents? My daughter-in-law was married for five years. We had Jonathan for 33 years...
...used to waiting--for the end that will inevitably come, for another wave of grief. Waiting winds its way into your days and nights, into your psyche. It's hard to remember when it wasn't there...
...been a Curtis Mayfield cover were it not for the reference to “staying at home and playing video games.” Even the additional live track, “Thickness,” is shot through with a profound sense of sympathy that verges on grief, a stark contrast to the sassy attitude of the other performances. “Thickness” is the emotional high point of the album, setting the harrowing story of a young girl’s sexual exploitation to a lugubrious bassline and mournful horns. The tale of a woman...