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Tornado

Death from above

By Mark Stigers Published 2 years ago • 1 min read
Tornado
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I am just plain mean.

You I will annoy.

It is a terrifying scene,

as your world I destroy.

I can make a truck fly.

I can uproot a tree.

I will make you cry,

“Please don’t do this to me!”

I will pick up a piece of straw,

and drive it through a post.

You will be left in awe,

at what thing hurts the most.

When the hail hammers down,

this is a troubling sign.

If the clouds are rotating around,

shelter you should to find.

In the cellar you should hide.

Get in the bathtub.

I am from the dark side.

I am death from above.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Mark Stigers

One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona

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    Written by Mark Stigers