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Katrina X

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

I can't remember the last few days but somethin' gone wrong Vandals come - X my home Children gone

Clouds cover the sun And water everywhere Noah must a left Crawford's Prince doesn't care

Hands are getting sore Skin is falling down Waters left us behind Kids still not around

The cross on our house three down below And 9/9 above My husband left long ago

Just me, Denae and Taylor But can't find 'em now The X that won't come off Things God just won't allow

Somen' happening Dozers moving in Splinters to the earth Nature doesn't sin

I followed it here A dump I think Stretches quite a way Lost into the brink

Learned something new Found out I can't die Tick-a-tock, Tick-a-tock Orleans to lie

Citation

“Katrina X,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26487.