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~California~
The earthquake hurls antiques to the floor.
"Thousands of dollars lost!" wails an old woman.
She'll shake all day while her cat licks its paws in the sun.
~California~
The earthquake hurls antiques to the floor.
"Thousands of dollars lost!" wails an old woman.
She'll shake all day while her cat licks its paws in the sun.
earthquakes drought fire
earthquakes drought fires mudslides crowded freeways illegal residents
and yet California remains a magnet
A brilliant illustration of
A brilliant illustration of the wisdom of cats. All the advice we need. Excellent work!
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Yes. Cats are cool.
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The earth shakes; the old
The earth shakes; the old woman shakes; the cat relaxes after the crisis; and the sun continues to shine. In three short lines, you have introduced four aspects of nature, each doing something different from the others. The old woman mourns the dollar amount lost to her in the broken antiques. The earthquake did not pause for such a consideration, of course; the cat is occupied with grooming itself; and the sun, the most distant of the four aspects, is uneffected by either the earthquake or the monetary loss. In three short lines, you have shown us the kind of processes that go on, behind the scenes so to speak, of a mundane event. This is a fantastic, a brilliant, poem.
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I'm glad the poem works so well for you.
"There is no good writing, only good editing."