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She\'s Running On The Levee

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

She's running on the levee She used to run every day But it's been weeks

Even angels spreading wings To hold the waters back When her path failed Never could've shined Like her ponytail Against the air

They didn't Spread their wings

And I can't now, can't even talk like this You see, she saw me floating by On her way out of state

Citation

“She\'s Running On The Levee,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26302.