Made In Japan

Made in Japan

By Elton Camp

It was made in Japan and it’s on the way
And it’s coming ever closer day-by-day

It is not some fine car or a really great TV
But it’s a bunch of broken junk we’ll see

All kinds of debris the tsunami swept away
Will reach the U.S. west coast some day

Refrigerators, furniture, wood, even boats
Here is coming most anything that floats

Up to twenty million tons is the weight
Spotted 2,000 miles from Japan of late

But that’s minor and nobody will mind
Japan had 20,000 dead or couldn’t find

Hawaii much sooner the debris will reach
Some may wash up on its beautiful beach
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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October 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Elton, this is a hard poem to swallow.. only cause I know of all the disasters they have made out there... Enjoyed your poem...p.d
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