Schvitzing for more'n sixty hours without electricity

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Courtesy rare derecho

killed four people
nearly forty eight hours ago
power outage affected more than

half a million people

in mid-Atlantic states.

Residents in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

(the poet's hometown)

smack dab within swath.

The storms raced across

keystone and garden states

moving eastward at
over 80 mph at times.

Thus yours truly rendered incapacitated,

(albeit unable to access,

excel as word wizard)

to craft his trademark poetry.

How grateful (before being dead)

to write reasonable rhyme

galumphing within mine head

nsync with zeppelin comprised of lead.

Analogous giddy sensation

ascending stairway to heaven

or metaphorically kneading

figurative dough that doth leaven.

Great appreciation regarding

strapping size men/women,

whose hulking size rivals (or surpasses)

legendary Paul Bunyan,

who gingerly plucked fallen timbers

as outsize paws casually flicks

(think game giant size pick up sticks)

testing restored power outage easy

as ordinary size folks sticking toothpicks

into homemade apple pie

assessing readiness of just desserts

scrumptious piping hot pie à la mode.

Labor of love

meant abandoning taking shelter

'course donning protective suitable gear

'n trumpeting hallelujah

no matter motley crew
drenched with perspiration

imagining myself just
watching cutting crew

would find yours truly to swelter,

when veteran technicians
successfully troubleshot gridlocked

downed wires strewn helter skelter.

Despite Mother Nature's perilous whims,

whereby meteorologists issue stern warning

high severe winds risk taking innocent lives

hazardous falling limbs threaten to damage

property courtesy debris flying to and fro

hither and yon trapping unsuspected victims

wracking in my opinion impractical jokers,

(perhaps someone like me)

not necessarily strictly

being literally immobilized

more so figuratively
limiting basic activities

(think hermit administering his

necessary morning ablutions)
to daylight hours

additionally consuming comestibles
at frozen or room temperature.

Essentially western civilization

dependent upon flow of electrons

imposes quasi human bondage,

especially when meteorological

or global warming necessitate

creature comfort of air conditioning

impossible mission to function otherwise

during hazy, hot, and humid dog days

blackout or brownout prospect ratchets up!