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peOple cRying, peOple dyiNg

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

peOple cRying, peOple dyiNg blOod is shEdiNg wEn rAin wUz fAlliNg lOts of hOusEs, lOts of lOved onEs mOst of thEir cRisIs wUz endEd by wAter

hAviNg nO brEath tO sAy agAin nOt mOving aN iNch of thEir bOdy bEcAuse of thE wEeknEs of thEir bOdy nO gOodbyEs wEre sAid

hAd nO timE tO spEak whAt thEy rEally wAnted sAid jUst likE thE deAth of twiN tOwers it dAmagEd hEarts of the uNsAid

bUt thiS timE it wUz wAter nOt by plAne of thE rAce of anOther thEse tWo thiNgs wiLl alwAys stAy iN oUR hEarts aND oNE dAy we'Ll wAke up tO a frEsh nEw stArt

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“peOple cRying, peOple dyiNg,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26264.