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Hurricane Dali

Hurricane Dolly
I thought they said Hurricane Dali
It must rotate clockwise, a surrealist storm
I imagined
melted clocks, rubber watches to illustrate
the flexibility of time and nature

the rats are the first to notice a drop in pressure
they evacuate the sewers and move to high ground
the weatherman stands on the beach with his microphone
slacks flapping like flags and equivocates
is this a category four or a category five?
the rats just want to stay alive
they sense that this is a surrealist storm
it looks like the perfect, normal storm
but something is different about Hurricane Dali

the flies have grown almost to the size of Hummers
crutches are beginning to fly through the air
lodging themselves in Catholic churches and telephone poles
now it's beginning to rain crucifixes and rabbits like fuzzy hailstones
the wind is a negative wind, it sucks instead of blows
and the El Topo match houses explode

now the melting clocks are running backwards
as the eyewall approaches and the event horizon blurs
The National Hurricane Center doesn't know what to think
this storm has dropped off the radar ladies and gentlemen

(after these messages, we will return to the eye of the hurricane)

clay...lots of crazy images flying through my mind here. i watched like a fly on the wall

melting clocks running backwards.
pretty much sums up the tide, the surge.
It gets trickier each time.