Adriana Thompson Poet Blank verse

It Still Moves

IT STILL MOVES

the earth complains
of heartburn in California
ulcers in Iraq
chicken pox in Afghanistan
sneezes and wheezes hurricanes in Atlantic
acid reflux somewhere in Mexico
it has chills at the poles
fever at the equator
sweats at the tropics
shakes all over in Japan
severe dry skin in Sahara and Gobi 
vomits monsoon rains in India 
its cells are dying in the Dead Sea
it foams at the Yellow River
in Venice it has a sunken feeling
some scars still hurt in Hiroshima

you’d think that the earth suffers – 
it just lives the way it knows 
and everything is normal
as it was a hundred years ago
or a thousand
or a million
if it complains 
it’s just to grab our attention
the earth was a show off from the beginning – 
it put itself together with a Big Bang

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J. Tudor February 24, 2016 at 5:54 PM I love how you pair the affliction with it's appropriate location...a very astute and creative write. I'm glad I chose to read. J. Adriana Thompson February 24, 2016 at 7:05 PM Thank you

Poet Destroyer A February 23, 2016 at 4:22 PM Adriana, I like the way you state the movement. I think the only thing that will bring the earth movement to a complete stop is an asteroid the size of Texas (Armageddon) Awesome poem. Hugs. LINDA Adriana Thompson February 23, 2016 at 6:29 PM Thank you