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Between Louisville and Memphis
on the rain-slick highway,
a black car,
driverless
a pink Caddy,
flashing her lights
suggestively
ruptures
four thousand miles long
rip through New Madrid
800 feet out
the crack of the
diamond bat
“Russian Scientists are reporting today that the rare Earthquake
Triplet Events occurring over the last 36 hours in Chile (7.8 Magnitude
Event), Alaska (6.9 Magnitude Event) and California (7.2 Magnitude
Event), coupled with today’s New Madrid Earthquake (1.6 Magnitude
Event), are signaling the breaking apart of the North American
Intraplate in the area of the New Madrid Fault Zone.
“How strange it is that these Westerners ignore such dire warnings such as this and instead of preparing themselves they make things like they were before, as if in doing so they will not have to face the consequences of their inactions in the future.”
“Today’s bats are lighter. They have larger barrels and thinner handles.”
“How strange it is that these Westerners ignore such dire warnings such as this and instead of preparing themselves they make things like they were before, as if in doing so they will not have to face the consequences of their inactions in the future.”
“Today’s bats are lighter. They have larger barrels and thinner handles.”
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