After the Storm by Kumiko Mae

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I'm oblivious to the world
around me
     a silent tear
     uncontrollable things
     wind speaking through
     rusty pipes.
Then some days I wonder
why do cats
     have nine lives
     balance by instinct
     fall from known heights
     meow when it's quiet
Never say a thing at all.

Last week the skies
cleansed my land
of sins and laughter
scraped the smile off children
and the life off the well-lit streets
of Christmas
and unlimited spaghetti,
sweet but weird, says the foreign tongue.

So rumors spark
how friends eat friends
and cold strangers warm
hunger-stricken families
left without a choice, but to.
And I sit in the dark
embraced by the illegal glory
named Michelle,
asking for one thing to hold on to.

Perhaps Bioflu
a master drug
a solution to every pain
But I wouldn't really know because
I am oblivious to the noise,
     Hope in people
     Helping to uplift
     Nameless heroes
     Napoles scam.

Fortunately, the strings continue to sing
And it's everywhere,
You'll see. 

- Kumiko Mae, a Beauty Blogger from the Philippines

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