Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with hurricane
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. Appalachia is not cheap. Nevertheless, the endemic poverty of Appalachia is so fundamental, so ingrained, so intransigent, that even I cannot articulate what a waste of lives, resources, no vision that can make it better. Families with dirt floors. No hope. America is done. Suicide rates for Appalachia…
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Forest Fires and Hurricanes
No one believes we were in a forest fire. How can it matter if you believe me or don’t believe me. In all these years, no one has answered this question. No one. This is POETRY. Because I say it is/// We were going to hit the road anyway. It…
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I’m Washing My Hair That Night
If there was a way to skateboard in a flood, we would find it. Business as usual. Intervention Is. Sometimes impossible. I have learned the hard way that you cannot impose interventions on adolescent boys twenty-four hours a day. It’s not my fault. I didn’t raise them. I am merely…