I had already picked up my daughter at her day care center and had gone in the late afternoon to get my son at his kindergarten class.
My son was the last student to be picked up.  His teacher and my kids and I were the only ones left in the classroom. As I spoke [...]

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Shaking

Seconds ticked on (two, five),
offices no longer safe,
my window bowing like plastic (ten),
I needed shelter (fifteen),
spotted a desk across the hall,
dove underneath, someone already there,
a large woman filling the entire space;
my head by her bottom (twenty),
sprinklerheads falling from the ceiling,
when it ended (twenty-three) we giggled.
Later my little family unhurt,
our house undamaged, just power out.
We [...]

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