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Tag Archives: FEMA
To Let New Orleans Die
There’s a hole in the levee where my city used to be and there’s talk of the future in the papers, on TV but the truth of the matter is quite obvious to see nothing’s gonna be the way it … Continue reading
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Tagged aftermath, disasters, FEMA, governments, Hurricane Katrina, hypocrisy, New Orleans
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Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez
Beneath the rust and the gray toxic dust left behind when the water went down past the edge of the Quarter’s bright lights and disorder there’s nothing much left to this town Maybe the Crescent City was never too pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged destruction, devastation, disasters, FEMA, Gentilly, governments, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
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An Assessment of the Situation
The telephone is ringing; The assessor’s on the line. He wants to avoid meeting us, and asks us if that’s fine. In essence, he wants us to lie and say his job is done; He’s three hours from New Orleans … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, disappointment, FEMA, governments, humor, Hurricane Katrina, pointlessness, relief
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New Orleans
Dear America: The day after Katrina passed by New Orleans and the reporters at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street, in the goddamn sacred French Quarter, were saying “New Orleans has been spared” I knew it would come to … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophes, daily poems, disappointment, disasters, FEMA, governments, Hurricane Katrina, mass media, New Orleans, Ray Nagin
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