JANET BRICE PARKER
Artist • Poet • Author • Songwriter
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Janet Brice Parker

WHAT IF?

The radio says
That a convict is loose.
A tiger escaped
From a nearby zoo.

A hurricane’s spawning
And headed this way.
The sun’s getting closer
The heat’s here to stay.

What if the convict
Breaks into my house?
The tiger’s attracted
To my yellow blouse?

Is the storm just waiting
‘Til it becomes strong?
The distance to my house
Is not very long.

What if the sun and
the earth soon collide?
Where would a person
Who’s paronoid hide?

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