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Death Throws

It's four a.m. you are sound asleep when you are awakened suddenly at first it is a small vibration, then turns into a house shaking event You scramble to find purchase on the floor but you can't seem to find balance you hear the crashing of pictures as they fall from the wall to the tile below As you bounce from wall to wall, frantic you try to reach your children, who are now Screaming for you in high pitched madness as a crack forms in the wall, then the floor The shaking, now so violent, the sound so terrifyingly loud, you reach them only to find a jammed door, you shoulder it open, grab your children, Now, How do we get out? wheres my wife? you stumble down the stairs, half of which are now broken, to find that the front door is gone, so is the living room, decimated Where's my wife? where's the dog? You are now outside where you fall the violence is all around you, devistation beyond the imagination, though it is dark Where's my wife? my dog? I have the kids Suddenly the house collapses into itself then as soon as it began, it ends Where's my Wife? my dog. You succumb to your fear, hold your children so tightly, you fear they might just slip away as the sun rises to the east, it is clouded by dust you can now see the chaos that is ahead of you Everything gone, the house, the car neighbors who are alive are lost, screaming their property gone, all of it, just like yours Where's my Wife, Where's my dog?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 3/10/2010 4:47:00 PM
This write left me quaking in my shoes, great imagery. Thanks for the comment on Captured Souls
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Date: 3/8/2010 4:52:00 PM
A powerful reality check here Richard. Almost a meditation of sorts ..empathetic and live write. We need to think about these things in this manner to better appreciate and understand people's plight. Well done and I expected nothing lless from you.-Robert
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Date: 3/5/2010 7:34:00 AM
Taz, this is an exceptional write! A poignant reminder of the times we are living in. All would do well to be ready because it can occur anywhere, any time. But how do you prepare for something like this???...Very scary! Very good job-well-written, fantastic imagery, perfect flow...a mini movie!! Peace, Audrey
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Date: 3/4/2010 4:01:00 PM
Its happening all too frequently too Taz and a great write about the upheavals of natural disasters... your words are so brilliantly versed... enjoyed your gifted poetry tonight..luv.. "Sweetheart"
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Date: 3/4/2010 1:26:00 PM
wow, vividly portrayed, Richard. I sure enjoy your writing! LUv, Andrea
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Date: 3/4/2010 1:05:00 PM
So well described and devastating. I'm so glad I've never been through it. Hope you haven't either. Susan
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Date: 3/4/2010 11:39:00 AM
I do hope this is fiction in your life ...Yet this happened In Chile,In Haiti,In Italy..Heart Wrenching poem,Hope we never experience this situation,good poem indeed..Mr Pickett--Charma
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