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Property Damage

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Hello Everyone! Thought I would share something I've written about my extreme fear of storms. I'm Glad it isn't the rainy season here yet! :)

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Property Damage
by Adrienne Lewis


The weather report called for severe storms today;
a redundant statement in the face of the angry sky.
Charcoal clouds heavey with moisture threaten to touch the ground.
The air is thick,
clinging to our bodies;
there is no escape.

Driving home,
the hail starts.
White rocks thrown from the heavens,
denting our winter white chevrolet.
Wildly veering around cars stopped alongside the road,
we are almost there;
there is no escape.

The sirens sound across the county.
In vain, we search the sky for the freight train
reported to be on it’s way.
Taking cover in the basement,
we notice the expanse has turned an ashen-green color.
A lawn chair goes flyng past the window;
there is no escape.

Huddled in a corner,
still shaking with our faces wet
from tears and prayers,
we emerge.
The scanner announces that the threat has passed.
Surveying the damage on the outside,
we keep checking the sky
as if aliens were about to visit.
A sleepless night,
I sit in the basement mapping the damage on the inside,
of me.

Adrienne Lewis
Copyright 1999

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