of WEATHERpocalypse
I especially liked
the CENTER POINT map
trying to get it to LOAD
THEN
find your address
& THAT doesn't seem to MEAN anything
THEN
AROUND the CORNER
BIG BLUE ORB-- power outage
I have AQUIRED
NO NEW information
this has helped me
NOT at ALL
I'm SO GLAD
I spent so MUCH time
trying to get this to load
the next day
I GUESS they figured out
what everyone NEEDED*
*to STOP calling
*or MAYBE ya know PSA
863 thousand cases
of which
349 thousand have been restored
MY TAKE AWAY from this
keep your panties on
we'll get to you
YOU are NOT ALONE*
*these are not the droids you're looking for hand gesture (although I don't think I should say it)
AND
I'm standing out front of my apartment
on the stoop
AND I'm LIKE
what we need right now
is an ice cream truck
BECAUSE I suddenly had a FLASHBACK
well not REALLY
to this one time
I had damaged my vocal chords
& I had to take a week off work
AND
there was this ice cream truck
that would drive down
EVERY street
BUT mine
ECHOing like some
PSYCHOLOGICAL thriller
& I'm out wandering the streets
with a FIST FULL of dollars
is it REAL
where ARE you
ice cream dealer
I NEED
a red white and blue
BOMB pop
AND the lights across the street
GO ON
ooo ooo me next me next
AND a few minutes later
LIGHTS flash on
I swear I hear a CHEER
then off
then on, off, on, off, on, off, on
OFF stayed off
AND
the thing is
I knew there were supposed to be
THUNDERSTORMS
ya KNOW
SOMETHING about PTSD,
hey welcome to the neighborhood--here are the places that if it's been raining HARD for more that 20 minutes-- you shouldn't DRIVE INTO or you might DIE, etc
BUT
I didn't initially realize
TORNADO warning
BUT
THEN even when I did
I FEEL like
we ALL know
TORNADOES are like
NORTH by NORTHWEST
I MEAN
there was that ONE in the mid nineties
came through MONTROSE
KNOCKED over
my mom's CATALPA tree
& then swung through
MICHAEL JONE'S closet
NEXT street over
STYLED
his drag WIGS
BUT those were different times
AND
EXCEPTIONS prove the RULE
TORNADO warnings
DO NOT apply to ME
***********************
I don't think this is bad 🤠
it should have MORE
being in the dark
PROBABLY
HEB candle chosen in the dark
turned out to be
TEXAS front porch scent
My cat didn't want to eat in the dark
I had to hold the candle for him
& I have to bend over
and pet him
the entire
TIME
DOWNWARD cat?
BUT ALSO
when the power is out
I ALWAYS want
to do SOME sort of RITUAL in the KITCHEN
FOR REAL for real
it's a STRONG pull
