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WE ARE BUT ANTS

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime

Disaster is always nearby
I can only feel Oklahoma's pain
In San Antonio only once
The funnel passed through
and the skies filled with rain
A tornado passing through
I heard the drill instructor yell,
"Run to the barracks you foool"
As I stood in awe looking
At a blue sky turn black
We were in civilian clothing
Being handed our military uniforms
Don't tarry it was for me scary
Down below one drill instructor
Would not allow his boys to run
Water was up to their waists
Before they were allowed to swim away
I assure you well not forget that day
Back in Seattle on Columbus day
The wind was blowing a hundred miles an hour
Shakes and roofing was blowing away
I heard a strange noise in the main bathroom
The skylight was unhooking and blowing away
Dumb me I try to save it and was not superman
Found it in the neighbors yard next day
Taking me there was the plan
Where I would have been if I hadn't let go
Buried in the pasture where the grass doesn't grow
In the Earthquake of 1948 Mom was in a elevator
Working at Sears and Roebucks On the sixth floor
in the basement she did go shaken all about
All she knew was the lights went out
And in darkness stuck between shaking floors
Up here we don't always know what to do
I remember standing on the ball field
Watching the earth roll up and down
Everyone else running for the safety of the school
I guess I didn't know what to do
Not only tornado's and hurricanes but quakes too
We think we are immune but really just an ant or two









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