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Power Outage
Day four without power. Thank God for firewoodand bottled water…even for Spam(don't bother about expiration dates)and final slices of breadspread with strawberry jam. Thank God for blanketsand that awful day-glow orange afghancrocheted by my mother decades ago,that goes with nothingand… Continue reading
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Sudden Storm
Warned by the windwe watch the western skybloom upwards in gray and white. Then a sudden race for the pavilionand the shelter of its corrugated, metal roof.We huddle in the center,deafened by the clatter of hailstones. Then silenceand an endless field… Continue reading
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Tornado
A giant, gray ballerina,clumsy, out of control,pirouetted through our small town. Ashen dress wound too tightly 'round her legs,she struggled to stay upright,flailing her arms,whacking our single streetlightthrough the Miller's picture windowtwo blocks away,staggering through the bakery,ripping the roof from… Continue reading
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Something’s Coming
Something's coming–there's thunder from the south,and a tightening of the air,dusk–and again, as every evening–crows spiraling downwardto disappear into hunched trees.The sky is a textbook of clouds–every shape,every color. Something's coming… Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading