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My heart is deeply saddened As I read poems from this site And listen to the news coverage On the tv night after night

They all talk of New Orleans The story's tragic this is true

But New Orleans was a victim Not of Katrina and her wrath But of bad decisions in their state government Who did not put their levees as their Top Priority and task!!

The true victims of Katrina Lie just to the northeast Where the entire coastline of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Has been leveled and destroyed

Beautiful Antebellum homes Thriving businesses and elaborate casinos Are nothing but debris and slabs Or they've floated up the beach And now call land their home

Lives shattered, loved ones killed Dreams put on hold as they try to figure out How will I feed my family, how will I pay the bills!!

We have no one here to help pay our bills for months on end No one is giving us $2000 just to help get by If we stayed to help rebuild our coast We must depend on each other, family and friends!!

Oh but let us not forget, New Orleans evacuees have been given money freely Set up in housing to help them through We here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are told we can take out an SBA loan Which will help keep us even more in debt Are you getting the picture of who the true victims are yet?

Only parts of New Orleans were flooded Our entire Mississippi Gulf Coast coastline is destroyed The French Quarter is back up and running Our Beautiful Casinos are no more

It will take us years to rebuild Everything we all worked so hard to build Over the last 14 years!!

We were the ones hit by Katrina!! Katrina did not HIT New Orleans!! Waveland, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Gautier and Pascagoula REMEMBER THESE NAMES OF OUR CITIES... REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST... REMEMBER THE HOMES DESTROYED... REMEMBER THE BUSINESSES RUINED...

Remember that those of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Were the Victims of Hurricane Katrina!! And of the Media who put more emphasis on a levee Than the destruction of a Hurricane!!