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"helene by the numbers"- a poem by Selah Greer

helene by the numbers


one: helene’s first tear

the dead weight of water 

spiraling through a darkened sky onto

hundreds: of roofs soon to be swept away

by mountains turned rivers of mud

waters foaming at the mouth 

lapping at the lucky doorstep 

devouring the doomed

thousands: of trees falling like guillotines

the dead and missing rising with every felled 

limb.

millions: of tears shed as we stand 

in the receding water

darkened by blood

shining with gasoline 

and wonder how to trudge

through the mud

ahead.


-Selah Greer


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