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Uneasy
Gillena Cox, TT
and Vaughn Seward, CA
A hot, hot day
downtown; the yellow hard hats
of fire fighters . |
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Thick, huge,
enveloping smoke
an unceasing rumble pervades. |
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Moments of
tremor—
the earth shifts around
beneath our feet. |
/vs |
September 24, 2008 |
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Notes: The fire in verse 1 is based on a fire that
took place in downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad near
Woodford square when the yellow poui trees in the square
were flowering; also at that time the fire services had
recently changed from red helmets to yellow ones. |
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