Original sentence: "), though Baraka has specifically disavowed this.In September and October of 2001 Baraka composed a poem called "Somebody Blew Up America," which initially, even though the poem was read publicly and widely circulated, did not create controversy, but did become controversial  soon after he had been named poet laureate of New Jersey.The poem asked questions about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, and some interpreted the poem as saying that Israel had prior knowledge of the attack ("Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed/Who told 4,000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers to stay home that day
Edited sentence: In 2002, soon after he had been named poet laureate of New Jersey, he caused a stir with his poem "Somebody Blew Up America," which asked questions about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, and included suggestions that Israel had prior knowledge of the attack ("Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed/Who told 4,000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers to stay home that day