HOPE EVERYONE SAFE. I FEEL VERY LUCKY BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DESTRUCTION. GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE AND CELEBRATED A BIT! WILL READ AND COMMENT ABOUT YOUR EXCEPTIONAL BLOGS/POETRY TOMORROW…
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High on the wind
Stumbling a crooked trajectory
Feel drunken, drugged
Decompressed
Sitting through the Bike Fest set-up
Blown palm branches to be avoided
Heat, clouds
AC/DC’s TNT blasts
I shout along
Bopping my head
Food aroma
Crustacean sandwiches
Philly steaks
Funnel cakes
Coffee beans permeate
My eyes so sandman-heavy
With post-hurricane
Cauldrons of assaulting scents
Christina Rossetti asked
“Who has seen the wind
Neither I nor you”
But we have seen what the wind can do
Tired yet alive!
Undefeated champion of another storm…
© 2016 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: 2016 Hurricane Matthew
YouTube video, AC/DC TNT https://youtu.be/kR6pxe8jaMs
poeturja 
This is great. A bit of a Stream of consciousness feeling to it at times. .
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Thanks, glad it reads that way! Had to edit it twice but that’s the fun of writing versus speaking 🙂
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ha! yes that is true! 🙂
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I love how you weaved Christina Rossetti’s poem into this poem. Good poem.
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Thank you, ELG. Also, thanks for the mention. Perhaps people will consider donations to help those who lost so much. I always give clothing and food to the Red Cross because they once helped me (and have convenient pick-up boxes in the neighborhood).
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I’ll add that charity too.
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Thanks so much! A lovely idea, also, to help those who lost so much to Matthew…
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