Saturday, August 10, 2024

your local and national alert system

i get a weather warning
on my phone.
tornados nearby,
the scratchy honk goes
on and on.
take cover.
then a beep for a flood
watch,
then a missing
kid alert,
a lunatic has escaped
from the asylum
alert,
lock your doors.
high winds is the next alert,
a rabid dog
is lurking about
on Main Street.
the beeping
won't stop.
it wasn't that long ago
when
i used to get all of these
messages and alerts
in one phone call from
my mom.

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