Waiting for Sandy

ultimate hurricane party

the day before

Sandy arrived

I followed the

flight of clever

birds lofting

away to the

safety of

inland hills

incessant

bulletins of

the exploding

super storm

on a collision

course with

home, piqued

fear, kindled

fascination

drove fatigue

we tracked

her gyrations

on the weather

channel for days

eyeing the graceful

pirouette of her

cyclonic spin

the foolhardy

mistook hubris

for intrepidness

lifting  beach front

margaritas to

the roiling sea

unaware their

jolly libation begets

tomorrows sober

realization that folly’s

miscalculations have

calamitous consequences

The Doors

Riders on the Storm

Oakland

10/29/13

jbm