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Topical. A temporal assessing of the day.
News is full of cell sent pictures. It is raining
very hard. World news is hungry and so are we.
Voyeurism, like flood water, is on the rise.
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Atypical. Too much geography has been traversed.
Irony on an Island. Water is a luxury. Clothing
is washed out to sea and it is still raining Walking
the aftermath, an inner wall stands untouched
to insult bowing ruins. What has upset the sea
to create angry winds that leave no place
for the sky?
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Transitional. Torrential rains cease and continued
survival scours sorrow clean. Grief is for tomorrow.
Finding what has been lost searches for a priority.
Although the storms have moved elsewhere,
the earth wants to shake, flinging insult
at infamous city-raising forces.
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Extemporaneous. Rescue means combing through
rubble, searching for living grains of salt in a beach
of sand. Holding on to anything solid is the rule.
Tears dry because there are too many of them.
The day begins before first light. Edible food
is to be found. Anything in a can or still growing
from a fruit tree will suffice.
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Stella L. Crews
09-24-17
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