artwork: william marr
KATRINA
--New Orleans
by William Marr
With
such a name
of
course she had to be
a
wild dancer
A
slight swing of her wide skirt
instantly
sent all watchers
into
a daze
not
able to escape
nor
to tell
if
what engulfed the city
was
water from the ruptured levees
or
tears from their eyes
On
the turbid water's surface
there
were bloated bodies
querying
the sky
with
outstretched arms
~ previously published in Beyond
Katrina
(Arts & Healthcare Press)
