Adventures in NaPoWrimo 15/30

i am so American

when i heard of the bombs going off in Boston

i thought of the trip i’d taken just two weeks before

then to my older brother who used to lived there once

then to a few former friends who proclaimed they were on vacation

then to the score i would get on the poem i would write analyzing the tragedy

then to the 170 wounded

then the 2 deceased

in that order

without any grief