Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Aftermath

Another Dimension
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George Held

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It's not the storm itself—wind and rain lashing shore,

uprooting trees, toppling poles and dousing lights,

flooding cellars and roads, capsizing boats—

but the aftermath—the bright calm, the pair

of drowned cats crumpled against the picket fence,

the parlor of Izzy’s shack open for inspection,

the walls fallen flat on all sides, your own

roof filling the front yard, covering your car,

and your own twin daughters dazed by Nature’s

petulance—that makes you reconsider

your life and weigh your possessions and the cost

of putting down stakes too near the coast

as the globe warms, and storms grow worse.

Suggested citation for this article: Held G. Aftermath [another dimension]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2008 Jan [date cited]. Available from http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/1/ad-1401.htm

DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.AD1401

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