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Neopoet Collaborative Workshop Poem #8 workshop

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Come High Water (collaborative workshop #8)

Submitted by Workshops on Tue, 2022-10-11 19:27

Yes, of course I heard the message,
blasting from the bullhorn–
Evacuate, evacuate!
I bought this house during Watergate;
here I’ve made my life;
here my babes were born–
so if If you think some blustering storm
will make me run away–
you don’t know me very well.
Let those winds blow my roof
into the swelling bay,
let the tides knock down my walls,
and swallow all I own–even if I’m all alone–
this is where I’ll stay!
Come high water, come hot hell,
this is where I’ll stay!

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Neopoet Collaborative Workshop Poem #8
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