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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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