Calm and relaxed
Waiting for instructions
Ready for work
BANG!
Classroom rocking
Earth shaking
Too late to hold desks
Building splitting side to side
Earth screaming
Desks jumping
Heaters swinging
Computer flying
Doors swing and slam
Park splitting open
Chairs smashing, flying
Books everywhere
It stops.
Walking out to the courts in silence
Eyes and faces frozen
Everyone is quiet
Lining up calmly
Looking for Mum
Waiting
Heart pounding
Teachers taking rolls
Mum runs in crying
The cars snake down the munted road
Worrying about the rest of the family
Bumps, cracks, mess everywhere
Aftershocks by the minute
Silt oozing with sewerage
Dogs barking
but
Together we rebuild our lives.
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