Humanity St. Is Under Water

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

while the president\r\nis on vacation\r\nfrom compassion\r\n\r\nhis mother\r\nfingering the wattles\r\nunder her pearls\r\nfears not the corpses\r\nbut the poor\r\nevacuated too close\r\nto her country club\r\n\r\nthe secretary of state\r\nis off\r\non a shopping spree\r\n\r\nthe emergency manager\r\nnever learned to manage\r\n\r\nso children\r\nplead for help\r\nhusbands watch\r\nwives swept under\r\npets drown\r\n\r\n& the president\r\nconsults his hacks\r\nabout the dive\r\nin his approval ratings\r\n\r\nthere\'s poison\r\nin the water\r\nthat floods\r\nHumanity St.\r\n

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“Humanity St. Is Under Water,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 15, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26289.

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