KATRINA by Bonnie Bruton Horton
Death rides astride the surge, Urged on by the howling wind. Houses, ravaged by the fury, Splinter into arrows that pierce The fleeing victims. Gasping, gulping bodies race by, Like self-propelled speed boats Disappearing in the wake. The sludge of waste, death, disease Rises in the streets, inch by deadly inch – Ruptured sewers, Contaminated syringes, Decomposing garbage. Pieces of lives are floating in it – A beloved teddy bear, A grandmother’s quilt, A treasured picture album. Rescuers are greeted by vacant stares. No one is “home” anymore. Families are airlifted like cargo To scattered addresses in different states. “Where has hope gone?” – To crowded shelters in AR, TX, OK Where donated teddy bears await, Fluffy blankets fight the chill, And the media take new pictures. |
Bonnie Horton's poetry and short stories have appeared in TAPESTRY (DSU Division of Languages and Literature art-literary magazine) and other magazines and journals. A member of the English Department faculty at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, she is a Mississippi Delta native.
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