Sitting, waiting for instructions
Lunchtime over
Happy and eager to work
Settled down
RUMBLE!
Earth screaming
Classroom tipping
Rocking and rolling
Heaters swaying
Ground cracking
Another gigantic jolt!
The earth is hungry.
Desks crashing and banging
Chairs dashing
Heaters rocking
Lights out
Children under desks or turtles
The park covered in silt
Doors smashing
Computer crashing
Time freezes for a second
No time for shoes
Hearts pumping
Walking orderly
Avoiding silt
Lining up calmly
Worried about friends
Nobody talking
Calming each other
Dad arrives – but where’s Mum?
Nobody stands
Everybody sitting
Holding each other during more jolts
Sirens screaming
Cars by the mile
Driving over huge bumps
Walking through silt
Watching cars sink
Silt oozing out of the ground
Holes appearing second by second
-Life may have changed but it will not destroy us!
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