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The Flood

from "Blue" by Echo Bloom

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Sometimes when I'm walking in the afternoon I hear him speak to me
the rhythm of a flock of crows, the opal of some puddled gasoline
he says to build an ark and ready for the flood
I found an empty shipping box and towed it to the lot beside my home
I wrapped it up in balding tires and empty cans and broken styrofoam
and every afternoon, I waited for the rain

The voice that kept me company fell silent as the years went slowly by
A winter crept into the void and filled up every space he left behind
And I grew old and grey, waiting in the snow
Had I lost the faith to hear or had the words grown silent on his tongue?
Watching the horizon, praying father would forget to raise the sun
Then on a Saturday, an answer to my prayer

The sidewalks cracked and split with vines, the cars collapsed to rusty skeletons
the skyline fell into the sea and flowers filled the footprints left behind
then water filled the roads of my neighborhood
I cried and felt the tears mix with the rainwater and pool around my feet
The ark rose from its moorings, past the rooftops, past the steeples, past the trees
towards an ocean sky, towards a brighter day

Water was witnessing
all around me
yellowed old photographs
float in the street
I thought about providence
says all that we have
are prayers forgotten
battened the hatch

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from "Blue", released December 4, 2015

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