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San Joaquin Valley

September 21, 2015
By TayyBarlow PLATINUM, Madera, California
TayyBarlow PLATINUM, Madera, California
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Favorite Quote:
"There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion."- Edgar Allan Poe


When I roll down my windows
On the country back-roads,
I smell Death.

When the sun rose today—
What sun?—
The ash was too thick.

The grass, once lush on campus,
Crackles underfoot,
Amongst the dead Magnolias.

Sweat pours down our cheeks,
And that pungent scent rises:
The smell of Death.

I can no longer feel
The life pulsing around me.
I just…feel…out of…breath.


The author's comments:

With the fires and heat, valley residents can relate. 


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