natural_disasters
raze
a
year
after
a
storm
cleaved
this
tree
in
two
,
another
natural
disaster
has
reduced
it
to
pulp
.
people
gather
to
gawk
at
the
wreckage.
they
laugh
and
take
pictures
with
their
phones
.
they
don't
see
a
living
thing
torn
apart
before
its
time
.
they
see
a
prop.
i
want
to
scream
in
their
faces
until
spit
strafes
their
skin
.
one
woman
smirks
and
tells
her
friend
, "
knowing
your
kid
,
she
would
probably
try
to
climb
that
."
the
mother
says
, "
she's
adventurous
like
that
."
but
no
courage
is
required
to
scale
a
structure
that's
already
crumbled.
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who
go
blather
from