Friday, May 24, 2013

TORNADO ~











He Had 7 or 8 Horses
_______________ 
explaining a tornado



 



First he called it a monster

then a giant lawn mower

then a flying landfill










 


little kids come out of the

wreckage luckily alive with faces

that look again like the newborn








 



 

state troopers hats look nothing like those worn in Vermont

the Oklahoma hat looks like a hard

shelled insect



 









 




I break

when I hear the radio announcer's

voice break









 



the tornado is coming from across the earth —

you make a mistake wondering

what does it all mean?









 


we're becoming used to children dying

this should be given some thought. . .

and more thought



 










 


their last moment on earth

the children were seen

hugging a wall










 

he had 7 or 8 horses —

now he has 1 horse

and no shirt











they were bleeding and hurt teachers

carrying children out of the wreckage

holding them like parents







 









 

this is happening faraway —

yet on the only planet

with life












neighborhood after neighborhood

wiped away

back to earth











it all comes it all goes

but memories

are fixed





 








 

Tornadoes

and bedrock —

the Indians knew to keep moving





for big & little








He Had 7 or 8 Horses

_______________
 explaining a tornado




 by © Bob Arnold
Longhouse ~ Vermont
May 2013