![]() Tomorrow Is the Tenth Anniversary of 9-11A Poem by Elton Camp![]() Want to know what will happen?![]() The Tenth Anniversary of 9-11 is Tomorrow By Elton Camp There are many who don’t know what to do It’s possible that individual panic will ensue And to be open about it, I would have to admit If I lived in NYC or DC, I would be having a fit Perhaps I would find a reason to be out of town But denying belief that harm would come around I might assert confidence that we’re well protected So, by the government and evil plot will be detected But better safe than sorry I then decide that I’ll be And so to a more unlikely target I will quietly flee For there may come to be a blast so horribly loud Followed by a mushroom-shaped radioactive cloud In a couple of days, what happens all will know If true, I can claim that, “In advance I told you so.” For that is how a bogus prophet can come to be Make predictions in generalities and wait and see That is how Nostradamus came to have such fame Keep it vague so that others his accuracy acclaim So, if tomorrow, an atomic device should explode Gullible may exclaim, “About it that guy knowed.” But if this “prediction” proves to be entirely rotten Then this write will be quickly and entirely forgotten And so, if it is still possible, to CNN please tune in Perhaps you will hear of my “prediction” once again © 2011 Elton Camp |
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Added on September 9, 2011 Last Updated on September 9, 2011 AuthorElton CampRussellville, ALAboutI am retired from college teaching/administration and writing as a hobby. My only "publications" are a weekly column in our local newspaper. Most of my writing is prose, but I do produce some "poetr.. more..Writing
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