JAPAN SUFFERS
March 17, 2011 at 12:08am
Fear presides
Breathe, breathe
Don’t forget how
Panic rules
Flames incite
Shocks continue
Into the night
Mud rushes in
Capturing the land
Roof becomes basement
Debris swims by
Where are the people
Turned upside down
In seconds, in minutes
Life flows apart
All that water
None to drink
Brother, mother, child
Dead or lost
Shattered earth
Shattered home
Shattered life
Shattered future
Nuclear rods
Hot to let go
Float in the abyss
Of afterglow
Fear runs amuck
Chaos has its day
But shall we skate
The world asks anyway
PANCHO’S SISTER
Aiyee, mi hermano, is what they say true?
Across the land they sing their corridos of you.
Where is the Doroteo of our young days,
Tending the land under the sun’s scorching rays?
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CLARA’S AIR
Old Mom-Mom told her
“it’s a track without a train,
a railroad running north
and, sometimes, underground.”
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WHITE GIRL, BLACK HEART: SUMMER ‘59
On that first Sunday, Annie dressed in green plaid,
With Peter Pan collar, shoes, and purse all white.
Curly golden hair streamed down her back,
While her blue eyes tried to hide her fright.
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THE APPLE FACTORY
She told me her story on a fine spring day.
Across the long miles of all the Russias,
Into the Manchurian cold,
They went to build a railroad.
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A charming beginning. Will be looking for more.
Thank you, Persia.