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Hades Of The Canyon
California's dry wind feeds
Flames while realtors' books look fine
Homes are laced with widows' weeds
Fires have burned up leaf and vine
Vine and leaf are flaming red
Like her clothes and Fairfax bed
Trimmed with antique luxury
Burn in the Hades of the canyon
Annie runs outside to beat
The cinders from the welcome mat
Cats and babies 'round her feet
Are gathered up and quickly packed
None are left and all are scattered
She may lose her Townhouse today
Nothing's left to welcome back
This tragic lady of the Canyon
Overhead the cirrus swirl
Clouds of smoke from firestorms' squawls
Spreads from tiny embers hurled:
Breathtaking views of fireballs
Empty halls and leveled structures
As she flees from burning banyans
Nothing's left to visit here
She flees the Hades of the canyon
Katrina left New Orleans for dead
She wove a pattern of destruction
In sixteen years it's Ida instead
With Greenhouse Gases' added gumption
Force of Nature stoked to fury
While Her Golden State companion
Colors up the sunset hours
Pouring infernos down the canyon
Coloring the sunset hours
A garish Hades of the canyon
Altered lyrics from Joni Mitchell's Ladies of the Canyon
© July 31, 1968; Siquomb Publishing Corp
2 comments:
Blogger to none? No way. I would think your following would be thousands.
I love this Hades of the Canyon.
Here in Southern Oregon this Summer we have sweltered in record heat. 99* was an average high for July and the wildfire choking, acrid tasting NEVER ENDING SMOKE! Our visibility is less than a mile in most places. I thought the desert was hot. Yeah but I never experienced wildfire smoke there but once back in 2013.
Yeah, we have crossed the threshold into HELL and Satan's trusty door-keep slammed it shut! Even my favorite European (Mediterranean) getaway spots are being ravaged by excessive heat and wildfires. Fawwwwwwkkkkkkk
And this is a La Nina year. The next El Nino (2015/16 was the last one) should be fun ... didn't know you were up in Or now. No medi-canes so far this year. Thanks for the input, Rex. Namaste.
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