nobody wanted to remember this event. we want to have the murder, as well as the honor of this memory. the first poem is about that helplessness that we remember, whether we want to or not. and the second people involves the reseeming decency. reasonableness and in the case of these 40 people, indeed heroism. the first poem about needing to remember, even if you don't want to about many things, this poem was written before september 11th, by a great poet, called "souvenir of the ancient world."