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She' damaged but not done.

Irma Sunday Evening

Irma Sunday Evening
By Franklin Price
9/10/2017 -  6:22PM

For six hours we've been watching
The eye of Irma twitch
As the winds and rains around it
Are making life a *****

Since I last wrote her actions
She has twice come to the shore
As some have indicated
Here to even up the score

She landed last in Naples
Eye overhead on land
Was determined with her wind and rain
To make a gallant stand

The weathermen stood with her
She tried to blow them to the ground
They grimaced and they squinted
As they were buffeted around

She sucked the water from the bays
To make the tidal surge
Then when she would pass them by 
She would open up and purge

The surge already happened
And it made Miami flood
Covering streets and highways
With much debris and mud

Although the eye was never there
Miami got the brunt
Got much more than bargained for
More than they could ever want

Irma keeps on moving on
Without a full blown eye
Left the lower lid in Cuba
Tore it off when passing by

It did not seem to matter
Her focus still not bad
She saw to pummel Naples
With the right hook that she had

She's headed for the city
With the Russian sounding name
Saint Petersburg is waitng
To see how Irma plays the game

Putin is not resident
Nor is the POTUS Trump
If they were she'd do the same
And kick the city's rump

Half blinded, getting old and tired
She's traveled very far
Still searching for new lands to hurt
Irma's now a fading star

Still can do some damage
Although she's hurt and sore
If you are in the path she takes
Should hunker down a little more

The wounded beast still packs a bite
With her surge and wind and rain
Still able to hurt and end you
Or at least to cause you pain
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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