The Baltimore Bridge Tragedy

The Baltimore Bridge Tragedy copyright 2024 by jon gutmacher The Francis Scott Key Bridge was built with great care but a ship took that bridge out it’s no longer there Over 100,000 tons and fully loaded three football fields long crashed into the bridge and Man! did it fall Crashed into the water in seconds came down cars, trucks, and the people yeah – all of em drowned The water so cold and dirty with muck and all those who were on it were plumb, out of luck The crew couldn’t believe it the power was gone the lights began to flicker then it hit like a bomb Right into a main piling that held the bridge in its place took one hit from that cargo ship and got totally erased Steel flying everywhere collapsing around a roar like an earthquake as the bridge tumbled down And people and cars in the dark of the night hit the water and sank in a terrible fright Now all that is left is a river of steel all twisted and broken and lives that can’t heal And perhaps it was error perhaps it was not perhaps it was sinister the speculation’s a lot But if one ship can do that to a bridge large and grand then there’s significant danger to all in this land