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TSUNAMI When the sea stood up there was no malevolence in it only certainty it was not distracted from its singleminded purpose it rolled toward the land inexorable heedless of walls the feeble defences erected(intended) to stop it unmoved by the screams of people the groaning and smashing of timbers cars becoming boats and floating making a mockery of roads it swept across fields into towns up streets through buildings-picked some up onward its speed never varied it was stopped only where the land rose sharply becoming hills but it was not a victory for the land the sea had won indisputably and was content then to swirl about and mock the toes of the hills when it retreated it took souvenirs islands of debris the roofs of houses would float far off shore for weeks
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Oct 3, 2011
Oct 3, 2011 at 10:49 AM UTC
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TSUNAMI When the sea stood up there was no malevolence in it only certainty it was not distracted from its singleminded purpose it rolled toward the land inexorable heedless of walls the feeble defences erected(intended) to stop it unmoved by the screams of people the groaning and smashing of timbers cars becoming boats and floating making a mockery of roads it swept across fields into towns up streets through buildings-picked some up onward its speed never varied it was stopped only where the land rose sharply becoming hills but it was not a victory for the land the sea had won indisputably and was content then to swirl about and mock the toes of the hills when it retreated it took souvenirs islands of debris the roofs of houses would float far off shore for weeks
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tricia-lambert
New Zealander
Oct 3, 2011
Oct 3, 2011 at 10:49 AM UTC
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