Thursday, July 5, 2012

Power outage

Our post in the western suburbs lost power twice in the last five days (once on Sunday for five hours and then again on Tuesday for seven hours).  It was not at all what our neighbors two suburbs south had to endure (or still are enduring).  We were fortunate.  We are fortunate.  I am grateful for the reminder.

Power slowly returns
To the western suburbs.
Yesterday we ran into friends
At the supermarket,
They were restocking their freezer.
The thrum of washers and dryers,
The hum of air conditioning,
Replaces the neighborhood generators.
Already the cardinal,
The occasional blue jay
Fade
Into background noise.
The neighbors fade
Indoors.
It is still overly dry
And hot.
Today will be 105 degrees.
Power undergoes
Restitution
Redefinition
Reordering.
We will remember part of this.
We always do.
We will forget as well.
We always do.

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