The Hurricane ©TONYFALLON102818

The Hurricane ©TONYFALLON102818

We had a hurricane in July

it really was the wildest

They said the worst was outside the eye

I swear it was the loudest

The weather outside was horrid

The wind was fast and loud

It was so hot it was torrid
and the willows they were bowed

Clouds were like they’d been unchained

Racing madly onward

Only by a mountain could they be contained

On their journey forward

The wind came in at a hundred and ten

With gusts sometimes faster

It scared both women and men

We were headed for disaster

Very soon the clouds parted

And the rain came down unchecked

It was not a day for the faint hearted

As many sheds were being wrecked

Onward, onward still it blew

Each moment more frightening

Blew away the table and the barbecue

Thunder rolled with lightening

There was too much new water for the river

And it over flowed its banks

As I looked on this catastrophe I began to shiver

It tore down the walk bridge and swept away the planks

Onward, onward sped the water it was on the road

Traffic was stopped by a fire truck

Still the river never slowed

And the road was filled with muck

I heard glass breaking I could not ignore

The trailer of my neighbor had been hit broadside

It had been parked by in laws on the plot next door

Thank God they were in Florida it was not occupied

The eye passed through yet we had concern

 For an hour practically nothing stirred

We knew this was a respite and it would return

But we had a chance to assess the damaged we’d incurred.

This storm had been so early it had not been named

But on the run though it had been so vicious

By the mountains it had been tamed

Yet in a short time it acted so officious

Nature can be kind nature can be cruel

A hurricane in July surely is her warning

That we are abusing fossil fuel

This town was ruined by morning

The man who built this dwelling

Must have been a fool

Or not good at foretelling

My basement had enough water for a swimming pool

We had often been chastised

Not to chance our life and limb

Safe places had been organized

The water might get so high that we’d have to swim.