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Poetry
Katrina's Destruction and the Administration's Fumble September 1, 2005Five days and still not near enough help. Cops straight up walking off the job, leaving only a 50% police force. A land of marital law and pure survival skills. The President all in a flutter Where is the federal response? Katrina such a pretty name, But saying it aloud makes me shudder. A hurricane like none before seen, Causing a such national devastation We sit in anger and frustration. Highway lanes converted both outbound To let those who could afford it, OUT. But what of those sick and penniless? The indigent where are they to go? Ya know where they went? They hid out of fear in attics and died while the levy's break And water levels began their rise. Buildings demolished, Towns underwater. No drinking water for those left behind, Seemingly forgotten. Then the news bitching about people Looting food for survival? What are those reporters high on? Manmade rafts dragging tattered people Through feces filled waters as bloated dead bodies floating by. And this is only what we see on the news. Imagine that which we cannot see, beyond the camera's view. These Katrina Evacuees need everything we have to give. Our money, Our hope. Our everything, because that is the meaning of empathy. Why aren't the abandoned military bases open yet to house these unfortunate survivors? Why aren't our flags being hung at half mast? Children with no parents, women with 3 or 5 children not even their own, just trying to protect their community. It's pathetic when the federal government isn't cutting it. So busy in a foreign war they can't protect their own citizens. These people are dying of thirst in the richest country in the world! I demand to know what the Administration is doing While these people will die in their attics screaming. People trapped in their homes and living atop overpasses. How can we at how understand their utter desperation? Everything I feel is real, Yet I am removed. I try to help, But it's not enough. Why wasn't the National Guard here and ready to protect and serve the citizens of this country? Could it be because they've been deployed to Iraq? Our citizens are dying and though ships are coming back, It's gonna be too late. By Mara McWilliams Please note: |
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