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"Earthquake"
God ordered this?
A tiny bluish island nation's great disaster.
Rocked by shock waves and a sharp quake.
Irresistible natural history on the frontier.
Great poverty tonight's tradition.
A witless country vanished and stopped
Like nothing.
The fearsome cracked earth made bad
Music and screaming junk.
Dwelling men and women lost in a complete
Mess.
The flattened injured and dead lingered
On a terminal gurney.
Our dear ones experienced a mumbling
Homicidal earthquake.
Pudgy people bounced like a scientist's
Brain.
We need boxes of beloved food and sparkling
Fountains of pouring water.
Victims roamed the streets in desperation.
Flashing lights blossomed on the spattered
Ambulance.
The useless prison and little nunnery crumbled.
General prayer by flocks of jittered priests.
Crazy hell in dangerous Haiti.
We are obliged to be reborn.
15th January 2010 / Rob Dunning
