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<span class="posted-on"><a href="https://poetwithapresspass.com/2017/09/03/hurricane-harvey/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-09-03T23:05:36+00:00">September 3, 2017</time></a></span>				<span class="cat-links">
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		<h2>Street Fight</h2>
<p>Storms are hardliners,<br />
shoving their way forward<br />
through a crowd, never backing up,<br />
their courses following the curves<br />
computer models promise,<br />
that is, until this one…<br />
Harvey was a dancer.<br />
Crossing the room of an ocean<br />
to take on all comers,<br />
it uncurled its fists, spinning<br />
like a street fighter.<br />
First, it slammed ashore<br />
head on, surging forward<br />
to blow through whole towns<br />
with atmospheric rage.<br />
Then overnight, a pause, a shift.<br />
It stepped back into the heat<br />
of the Gulf to think things over,<br />
before throwing its weight<br />
around harder, harder.<br />
Daybreak brought another breather<br />
as it summoned super-charged strength.<br />
A shift east. With renewed fury,<br />
it went in for the kill, its final assault<br />
a flood of cruel brutality, a veritable siege—<br />
but even then, no knock-down!<br />
Instead, night after waist-deep night,<br />
street after river-swollen street,<br />
round after hope-soaked round,<br />
the cities in its path refused<br />
to drown, kept their heads<br />
above water, clung to life,<br />
and promised each other to resist this<br />
and any bully who came to take<br />
away their future by force.</p>
<p><em>by Anne McCrady</em></p>
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<p><strong>News Links</strong> (<em>find out more</em>):  <strong><a href="https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-harvey-images">The Weather Channel</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://us.cnn.com/2017/09/02/us/houston-texas-flood/index.html">CNN</a>, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-nhc/harvey-barrels-into-texas-as-category-4-hurricane-idUSKCN1B409K">Reuters, </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Audio Link</strong> (<em>hear Anne read the poem</em>):<strong> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/inspiritry/poet-with-a-press-pass-street-fight">SoundCloud</a></strong></p>
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