Disaster

Epigraph from “Complete Destruction”                                                                                                                     

William Carlos Williams

  It was an icy day.

 We buried the cat,

 then took her box

 and set fire to it

 in the back yard.

 Those fleas that escaped 

 earth and fire

 died by the cold.

  It was a natural disaster.

  We sheltered our homes,

  boarded the windows and

  covered each hole.
  The trees couldn’t be sheltered

  from the treacherous weather.

 Those trees were pulled from

  their roots and moved to

  another home.