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Volcano Run part 2 - The Ride Home
At crack of dawn we headed out
before a cock or rooster crowed
and soon we found our asphalt path;
at home again, upon the road.
That 'greasy spoon' was our last stop,
Where we each tended to our ride;
we filled the tires and topped the gas
before we found our way inside.
Once we were seated I looked up
to see the morning TV news;
The screen declared the time and date;
showed several bustling TV crews.
'St. Helens Explodes!' the headline read,
'Spewing ash and rock and gasses,
leveling surrounding forests
clogging rivers, vales and passes'
The date: May 18th, 1980
The time: 8:45 AM
the cameras showed masses of people,
darkened clouds engulfing them.
Behind them a vast, towering cloud
of ash and dust in blackened skies,
with traffic wrecks and crowds of people
looking up with fearful eyes.
Then You and I, we made our way
out to the parking lot in back,
and looking east we plainly saw
the skis were turning fully black.
Soon some others of our club
came out to gaze in disbelief
upon the place we had just come from
sighing now, with some relief.
Until we finally realized
that we should move away from here,
to park the bikes in our garage
And stay inside until it's clear.
Copyright ©
Russell Dodson
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