Dual Hurricanes

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CORONAVIRUS SERIES

Dual Hurricanes

 

As dual hurricanes slide toward the gulf

We remember Katrina

We remember Andrew and Camille

We remember the fear

The failures in response

The botched evacuations

Devastation and heartbreak

 

We remember and pray

The past is not prelude

 

Fire and smoke encapsulate the west

Hurricanes advance like enemy fronts on the gulf

Tornadoes and dust storms strike at the heartland

Floods await the eastern seaboard

 

What unknown horrors will unfold

Before we’re allowed to sleep

What natural disasters line up

To wreak havoc on the innocent

What manmade catastrophes still await us

While we wait

For someone

Who cares

 

(Hurricanes Marco and Laura

Enter the Gulf of Mexico 8/24/20)