three weeks to the day
drowned by the clamour of radiation fears,
military helicopters
and b-rank stars
seeking photo ops,
the survivors are struggling
to make their voices heard
last week
in ishinomaki
when i interviewed the people of the city
there were two things
that i heard
time and time
again
number 1 -
when we fled the tsunami
it felt
exactly
like a movie
number 2 -
we may have lost
our friends
our family
our pets
and our homes
but there are others far worse off than us
