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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Oh Lord, help me so My daughter cried in the contra flow

She's in her SUV She's right there in front of me

We all drove in harmony As we left from Metarie

The red necks laughed at us as we Drove through their land on to Tennessee

We tried to run -- we had to go Away from I-10, and below

Oh Lord, help me so My daughter cried in the contra flow

It turned out real bad, you know Back to our homes, we could not go

That old storm did us in Felt like the world would end

Now we think that we will go Far and away from the Gulf of Mexico

Close my eyes and all I see Is my daughter right in front of me

Driving on to Tennessee

Citation

“Tennessee,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26483.