The Asian Tsunami of 2004

(In Pantoum)


Tsunami is only nodding in a water-bed, this creep,
After his Yuletide feast,
This beast, is never truly asleep
In the deep ocean in the east.

After his Yuletide feast,
Drunk with human gore,
In the deep ocean in the east,
And drenched in water, is the beast.

Drunk with human gore;
Churning, tossing and snoring as before,
And drenched in water, is the beast
In a restless mood.

Churning, tossing and snoring as before,
Thinking what his next meal would include.
In a restless mood,
Bereaved families, ride the waves of despair.

Thinking what his next meal would include,
After the devastation in Aceh and elsewhere,
Bereaved families, ride the waves of despair;
Horrendous events as such, flooded their minds.

After the devastation in Aceh and elsewhere,
The threat of hurricanes, cyclones and Kick ‘em Jenny,
Horrendous events as such, flooded their minds;
In reminiscent, of the Caribbean mighty, gusty winds.

The threat of hurricanes, cyclones and Kick ‘em Jenny,
Words of advice, from meteorologists are many.
In reminiscent, of the Caribbean mighty, gusty winds,
Much preparedness constantly must be.

Words of advice from meteorologists are many:
This beast, is never truly asleep,
Much preparedness constantly must be,
Tsunami is only nodding in a water-bed, this creep.

©Paterika Hengreaves
Summer 2004/New Zealand