Irma
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This was written in real time as Irma, containing record winds for Hurricanes in the Atlantic, moved through the Caribbean and is heading for Florida and the U.S.A.
Irma
Franklin Price
9/7/2017
Irma came to terrorize
Spawned in the East Atlantic
Intensity as never seen
She's something quite Satanic
Became a category five
Before she touched the shore
With winds above one eighty
Around the wall and more
Came into the Leewards
Destroyed Barbuda Isle
Buildings, trees and autos
Left them rubble in a pile
What about the people
They hid and hunkered down
Some no longer with us
No longer are around
There was no stopping Irma
With that flat and tiny place
She set sights on bigger things
And Florida is the place
Along the way are other islands
To be pummeled with effect
Residents are praying
That Irma won't connect
Likewise within the Sunshine State
The people kneel and pray
That Irma veers before them
Turns north and moves away
Predicted there by Saturday
September nine will tell
The weather men a little stumped
When and where she rings the bell
God, please protect the people
As big Irma makes the fall
Protect our friends and family
And the people one and all
Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2017
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