Great God Ruamoko
we humbly beseech
you accept these
our offerings –
30 billion dollars
7.8 billion litres of spilled
untreated wastewater
535,000 tonnes of silt
181,000 damaged homes
40,000 chemical toilets
8,900 Christchurch emigrants
1,200 demolished
city centre buildings
546 rest home evacuees
2 cathedrals
185 lives
This poem is a further in my Ruamoko series. Hopefully, explanations are not needed.
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I'd like to see more of the Ruomoko series.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle _ thanks for your comment; have a look at the following posts on my blog – 24 Apr, 28 Feb, and 13 Dec, 8 Nov 2011. There might be one or two more to come.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Keith
As a Chriscthurch resident with a structurally twisted, T3 land zone home, and the usual tale of liquefaction et al -- "I hear you."
ReplyDelete...well it's enriched our vocabulary, if nothing else. Thanks Helen.
ReplyDeleteYes, I echo Helen's comment. As a resident of New Brighton on TC3 land, your poem succinctly encapsulates what has become our new reality.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben
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