Calamity

Story by james mikoto on SoFurry

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#4 of take in the scenery

Not gonna be home tomorrow going out of town^.^


Such pride in everyone,

Of wealth, of mansions.

Such avarice, such abandon,

Such unquenchable passions.

And suddenly a wee quaking

Of the earth below our feet

In a sleepy, quiet town

Far side of the world

Has shattered all illusions.

Not caste or creed, nor wealth,

Nor race, or the color

Of their skin or their hair...

Nothing remains to set apart;

Neither them and nor theirs.

Death, thy fear is such a waking,

No difference you see in faces

you blindly claim, for the taking.

You see not the namaz

Fervently doth the faithful;

Nor hear you the recitals

Of hymns rendered fateful.

You saw not the Hindu.

Nor the Muslim, saw you.

Saw you nil, hear you naught,

But mankind panicked and racing out