Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Delta 747 Airplane Crash

if you thought the Delta 747 plane crash of 1984 was harrowing
you should have been there to see the Mississippi bridge burning
We had no idea how many cars were on it when the plane hit the rails
the heat from the roaring inferno kept rescue workers from aiding
when the fire had finished doing her work, there was not much left to do
an aerial view showed a snake-like skeleton which looked like a dragon
we later realized this was the line of destroyed, burned out cars
there were no survivors; it was the worst catastrophe of our youth.

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