The Levees Broke, by Joe

The Levees Broke
(inspired by Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke)

On a hot summer day,
My home city was in the way.
No one knew what was heading towards us,
But it hit us like Big Yellow Bus.
People thought they could stay,
But instead they all just floated way.
People thought the storm they could fight,
But were proven wrong on that hot summer night.

The levees broke.
Every thing became soaked.
People's houses being over taken,
Then day came and there was a sad awakening.
All of the beautiful homes were crushed;
The devastation was making FEMA rushed.
People waited in the attic,
Panicing and becoming static.
Seeing their family dying from the heat,
Having no water or food to eat,
Sitting there watching dead people float by,
Having nothing to do but look to the sky.
Then the day came when help arrived,
But many of the people had died.
People sitting at the dome,
Just praying to go home,
Not taking any showers,
Feeling like nasty cowards,
Seeing friends who are dead,
Man, that was such a dread.

Then they said, "You got to move,"
Most people wanted to refuse.
Then came the time when they said,
"You're going to Texas where there are beds."
People were happy and full of joy,
But wishing they were chill'n with the boys.

President Bush finally came;
People looked at him and thought he should be ashamed.
It took you three weeks to get here;
I bet you were in such a rush to get here.
People are mad at him, but he does not care,
All he wanted to do was just appear.
It was all for publicity.
But really should have been for our city.

They say they blew up the levees that night.
This made the people rise and fight,
People stealing stuff ,
Who could stop, them surely not us?
Hurricane Katrina was the biggest disaster.
We will always remember the ones who died.
On that one hot summer night.