New Orleans: A Vow Can\'t Laugh

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

wind has taken the roof\r\nthe house is a boat\r\nthe TV is out\r\nthe neighbors are logs floating away\r\n\r\ncan\'t laugh\r\n\r\ngods, demons, one and the same\r\nhowling indifference\r\nas children stare\r\nfrom out of a cocoon of blankets\r\nthe auditorium restrooms have lines\r\nand rest? there is none\r\nand room? there is none\r\n\r\ncan\'t laugh\r\n\r\nno jokes in the wind\r\na child turns pages of Dumbo The Flying Elephant\r\nthe Governor declares disaster\r\nthe waters of life drown the jazz\r\n\r\nMardi Gras?\r\nt-shirts, naked tits, drunks, songs\r\nLent will be longer than 40 days, 40 nights\r\n\r\nbut we\'ll celebrate\r\ndammit\r\nwe\'ll celebrate\r\n\r\nlike the waters will recede\r\nwe\'ll laugh again\r\n\r\ntell us something funny

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“New Orleans: A Vow Can\'t Laugh,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed September 19, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26336.

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