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Bodies (A Poem)

There are bodies everywhere

Bodies on the roof

Bodies in the water

Bodies in the streets

Bodies in houses

 

Young and old

All genders

Bodies of color

White bodies

Some alive

Some dead

 

See how they languish in the heat

Observe- as they cry out for help

Witness them looting Walmart for survival

Watch bodies get carried away by Katrina

Look up, there’s a body in the sky

 

Singing bodies

Dancing bodies

Bodies frozen in fear

Bodies cling and fight for their lives

Bodies shoot to kill- Bang! Bang!

 

How many bodies did Katrina take?

If you had to ask, she’ll tell you with sadistic glee:

“I took all kinds of bodies. Come and see.”

“On your left, a mother who couldn’t breathe.”

“On your right, man floating face down.”

 

There are bodies everywhere.

Bodies in the ground.

Bodies in the water.

Bodies…

Bodies.

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