A Tsunami of Tears in Lands Once Dominated by Man

Tsunami of Tears

In lands once dominated
By man and machine,
Technology is futile
As the river overlooks
Like a dictator with menace,
Biding its time
Then advances, overwhelms –
Vomiting a deluge of
Deposited poisons
And all kinds of debris inland,
Where broken evacuees
Scratch their heads
And wipe their tears
At nature’s course.

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Another Poem by Skendong: Poonami

Further Reading: England’s flood defences in disrepair