On Tuesday, the United States’ East Coast was struck by a 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia that sent tremors all the way up to New Hampshire and all the way down to South Carolina. It’s the worst earthquake the East Coast has seen in decades.
Is that an earthquake?
Or twenty secretaries
Coming back from lunch?
Thought I lived in the
New York City Area
Not San Francisco
I was in Red Bank.
My office mate thought I was
Kicking my desk hard
Is that an earthquake
Or do you always kick things
When you are thinking?
No dams have broken
But water sloshed in glasses
Says the New York Times
Buildings swoon, neighbors
hug; no wait, they are hugging
Cause the Dow Jones jumped
Day of infamy:
America mourns the loss
of prized knickknacks
If I die in Red
Bank, it won’t be the quakes but
crossing the damn street
FEMA probably
Stayed on vacation I guess.
What’s the point, really?
If you didn’t sleep
Through it, you are likely
Forever changed.
Beauty is Imperfection 