I promised my former self <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That I would not write <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This for thirty years
Early May 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was working late again <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hated working late<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I detested my job <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I needed the money <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had been vaguely <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aware of the storm <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But ignored it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At about seven <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the evening <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was in the lane <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That fringed the river <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was very wet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My umbrella was useless <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I still used it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Little did I know <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That my umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was about to die painfully <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would survive <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With superficial injuries <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the skin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of my umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would grotesquely melt <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was blinding flash <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which knocked me over <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No noticeable sound <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Possibly a rumble <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a blinding flash <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could taste burning wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there was no fire <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My umbrella was a yard distant <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was drowning<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a sorry stream <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was concerned about me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had I just died <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was my life being reflected <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the windows <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of a passing train <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was quite alive <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My hands were bleeding <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the lane was rough <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The air was still tingling <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I began to run blindly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Towards the road <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That led to the road <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That led to my house <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My wife witnessed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My evening distress <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had a fall <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having slipped <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was all <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I cleaned up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ate my dinner <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And later retired <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the newspapers unread
Joe May 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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