He watched his wine jump in his goblet Unread books opened themselves invitingly on the floor Another crack appeared above his doorframe Southern California, he sighed And poured himself another glass.
My memory of the earthquake is not my own But one shared so often I’m sure I was there.
I got off the bus and walked, for some reason, right down the middle of the street Just in time and in the right place to watch the world ripple then roll in perfect symmetry. Every house had a chimney and every chimney fell, so I looked above them to the sky Because that is where I believed the end of the world started And this Was surely The end.
Or not there exactly but wishing I could have been, should have been There to reassure this woman I wouldn’t meet for another seven years, That it all seemed okay from a thousand miles away Watching baseball and wondering if she knew about tornadoes.
Earthquake
ReplyDeleteHe watched his wine jump in his goblet
Unread books opened themselves invitingly on the floor
Another crack appeared above his doorframe
Southern California, he sighed
And poured himself another glass.
Rick Stepp-Bolling
The Big One
ReplyDeleteAll in one moment
The world ends
Unbelieving
the shaking stops
and you survive
another precursor
to
The big one
“My Loma Prieta”
ReplyDeleteMy memory of the earthquake is not my own
But one shared so often I’m sure I was there.
I got off the bus and walked, for some reason, right down the middle of the street
Just in time and in the right place to watch the world ripple then roll in perfect symmetry.
Every house had a chimney and every chimney fell, so I looked above them to the sky
Because that is where I believed the end of the world started
And this
Was surely
The end.
Or not there exactly but wishing I could have been, should have been
There to reassure this woman I wouldn’t meet for another seven years,
That it all seemed okay from a thousand miles away
Watching baseball and wondering if she knew about tornadoes.
Nice! Someone's earthquake is another person's tornado or hurricane.
Deletedog barks first
ReplyDeleteI look out the window
see the shades shake
It lasts for less than a minute.
ReplyDeleteYet
The snow globe of adrenaline is suspended in latent anticipation.
Each fake flake is a story that educates ~~~~~
Move the hell away ..