Limerick Friday LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXI: 10 Years Gone, A Sobering Retrospective Of Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans

A decade’s gone by

Since heartbreak came from the sky

Katrina reduced to smithereens

Until I saw New Orleans

I never knew a city could cry

Amidst the strewn rubble

Urban legend did bubble

Who blew the levees

And sank all the Chevys

And heaped trouble on trouble

For rumors, it was hard to blame

The natives who braved the rain

By their own government, ignored

Please help just a little, they implored

One of many Bush stains of shame

But they propped up the Superdome

At least the Saints could have a home

With football love sated

Our memories slowly faded

But the city struggled on alone

Yet Po’boys survived the storm

Jumbalaya still served warm

And the music still marched

With Hurricanes for the parched

New Orleans lives on with a new norm

Last time …