May 9, 2022.
Muddy water right at your waist
Tin roof trailers touched by poverty
Swept away like paper boats, built like paper mache
The houses of brick and stone, uncompromising,
took the same unrelenting beating
- yet the foundation remained
New to tragedy but taken with dignity
Mama said there is a simple honor -
in loose change and rusted siding
We fight much harder to get back up on our feet
Reparations are just in good timing
Poetry by aidan haskel
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Written on 2022-05-09 at 18:22
Tags Poverty Naturaldisaster Appalachia
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trailer park
The breaking down of vinyl paneled wallsMuddy water right at your waist
Tin roof trailers touched by poverty
Swept away like paper boats, built like paper mache
The houses of brick and stone, uncompromising,
took the same unrelenting beating
- yet the foundation remained
New to tragedy but taken with dignity
Mama said there is a simple honor -
in loose change and rusted siding
We fight much harder to get back up on our feet
Reparations are just in good timing
Poetry by aidan haskel
Read 242 times
Written on 2022-05-09 at 18:22
Tags Poverty Naturaldisaster Appalachia
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