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Commentary
I have held off on posting this poem for two months now. When I wrote it, I was angry that 27 campers and counselors needlessly died when their Christian camp on the Guadalupe River was inundated by flood waters. I had watched news coverage and recognized flooding that happens frequently and predictably in that area of Texas. This time, the death toll rose to 135.
I have watched the response, and learned that people in the area have repeatedly refused to implement measures that would save lives. Now there’s lots of talk. State government has taken preliminary measures. Will anything change? I doubt it.
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