The Man who was Saved: A Poem for Lockdown

This poem from my first book Up in the Air was written a few years ago. I think its pertinent to our current coronavirus crisis, where once again we find ourselves reliant on brave and selfless public workers. Its my first and only prose poem and I wrote it after watching a TV programme about the Marriott World Trade Centre hotel, which stood beside the Twin Towers. As you can imagine, the hotel was damaged beyond repair, and there was one guest who spoke in tears and amazement about how a...