Spheres of water crashing on the ground,
\nFoaming streams along the roadways.
\nStreetlights on, believing it to be nightfall.
\nThe watchtower can no longer be seen
\nAgainst the overbearing clouds of mayhem.
\nA moment ago, the sun illuminated the sky
\nAnd shone the way for all wandering about
\nTheir already frantic daily lives.
\nDarkness and rainfall are now all too familiar,
\nStretching across miles of claustrophobic skylines. <\/p>\n
Roar. Roar is the sound the world makes
\nWhen there\u2019s no more peace and sun, for the time being.
\nIt will soon come to pass, perhaps in a little while
\nOr a few begrudgingly long hours.
\nBut the curiosity of the situation is that
\nThose hours or minutes are yet unknown
\nTo those wandering and running throughout the land.
\n
\n\u201cGo to the lowest level of the nearest surrounding building.\u201d
\nThe E-mail was terrified; the announcement in a collected automated voice,
\nThe top floor shaking with the strobing lights and screeching skies. <\/p>\n
With no where to run off to, the streets become ponds;
\nGrass parkways become streams; walkways become creeks
\nFor pedestrians to stride across, fording the rushing waters
\nIn order to continue about their schedules.
\nSome run, others brace for what\u2019s to come without hesitation.
\nWith a broadband of bass drums crashing through the cosmos,
\nPeople still choose to run across the ponds and rivers
\nDarting into the vastness of the unknown
\nWith the clouds progressively getting darker
\nAnd the rainfall increasing in intensity. the rainfall increasing in intensity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Ricky King Spheres of water crashing on the ground, Foaming streams along the roadways. Streetlights on, believing it to be nightfall. The watchtower can no longer be seen Against the overbearing clouds of mayhem. A moment ago, the sun illuminated the sky And shone the way for all wandering about Their already frantic daily lives. Darkness Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}