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[In honor of the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.]

Two sisters stood upon the shore Their lives still and carefree Each held sheer blessings to adore Beside the placid sea

They lived a normal coastal life And shared their joys at length Until a wretched wrath of strife Arrived to test their strength

One August morn, a violent gale Appeared upon the sand With utter force, no one could scale The magnitude at hand

When night befell, it looked as though The sisters weathered fine But come the dawn, fate would bestow A firm and swift decline

Both sisters had been bruised and crushed As wind and turmoil raged But soon, one sibling's life was hushed When floodwaters upstaged

Submerging her amid the flow Of tragedy and grief Left by a certain coastal foe That offered no relief

The sisters, once still and carefree Persist upon the shore As pillars for the world to see Much stronger than before

New Orleans and Biloxi: kin Whose lives serve to sustain Although Katrina marred their skin In one, late August rain