(This is a new edgy rock song I've written from the Katrina aftermath, which angrily criticizes the Bush administration and FEMA for their inexcusable late responses to this tragedy, which had they responded sooner I believe certainly wouldn't have prevented Katrina from happening and much of the destruction in its wake, but would have spared dozens of preventable lives that have sadly passed away on their watch, not to mention would have maintained the ultimate trust among many that our government will keep us safe, believe that promise that they promise protection to every one of us.

The parts of the song that are capitalized are the moments in the song where my voice is louder, emphasizing the anger or despair, as I understand how many have noticed that anger is an emotion that is rarely seen in my poetry, unless it is protesting the war too, and to comfort the readers!

The pictures should clearly explain it all, how this promise, this trust, should ALWAYS be kept and returned to the American people through each storm, and how much these survivors and their families are praying and depending on its light to keep beaconing!

May our prayers continue to comfort the victims and their families, and though the government has already responded too late and is guilty of so much wrong, let's hope now they make an effort to prevent things from getting worse from here on out.)

        

Screaming Without Lungs
By: Noah Eaton
9/6/05

Down by the convention center,
a woman lies dead on the front steps,
a dry line of blood leaking from the wheelchair,
TO THE GUTTER.
Inside a chaise lounge,
you know they’re trying to sing hymns,
but they know the artificial white noise,
of press conferences are breaking their GESTURE...

Look, sir, I’m stranded and alone,
is it too much to ask for you to get off THE PHONE?

Speaking in four-day tape-delay,
public safety is absolute and requires no mandate,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
Can we all get it through our heads,
better a thousand times careful than ONCE DEAD,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!

        

Deep in the hoity-toity command center,
an armchair horse lawyer stands in the front hall,
whispering the elite circus with the press pigeon,
WAVING HIS MAGIC MARKER.
Later you can see the secretary of state walking into the room,
wearing a pair of shoes she bought yesterday on Fifth Avenue,
in impromptu,
WELL WHY CAN’T THE REPORTERS SHED A TEAR FOR ME,
I WISH THEY COULD SHED A TEAR FOR ME.

And the questions keep lingering like next door’s warehouse burn,
a burn not even the meteorlogist could discern...

Speaking in four-day tape-delay,
public safety is absolute and requires no mandate,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
Can we all get it through our heads,
better a thousand times careful than ONCE DEAD,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!

        
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I really want to believe,
that I’m safe in your hands,
always did,
God knows we must learn on our feet to live.
A friend in need is a friend indeed,
“without cost you have received,
without cost,
you are to give.”
God knows I want to believe you will save me,
when the times are hard.
(I only hope your fingers trembled,
AS YOU STRUMMED YOUR GUITAR!)

        

Speaking in four-day tape-delay,
public safety is absolute and requires no mandate,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
Can we all get it through our heads,
better a thousand times careful than ONCE DEAD,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
Speaking in four-day tape-delay,
public safety is absolute and requires no mandate,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
Can we all get it through our heads,
better a thousand times careful than ONCE DEAD,
I expect more than the biting of tongues,
I EXPECT MORE THAN SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!

I was standing ankle deep where I stand,
yesterday,
I was standing ankle deep where I stand!
SCREAMING FROM THE TOP OF MY LUNGS!
I’m standing waist deep where I stand,
today,
I’m standing waist deep where I stand!
SCREAMING WITH EVERY BIT OF MY LUNGS!
I’ll be standing neck deep where I’m standing,
tomorrow,
I’ll be standing neck deep where I’m standing.
SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
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.
.
Can’t you hear me...
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.
.
SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!
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.
.
SCREAMING WITHOUT LUNGS!

     

(Bush strumming guitar Tuesday with country musician Mark Wills in San Diego, over two days after Katrina first struck the coast. Bush finally returned to Washington Wednesday morning after returning home to his ranch to make his first official move for a relief effort.)

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[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (09-07-2005 12:21 AM).]

A word in hand is worth two in a hush ...  CTOwen/05

              

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

Awwwwwww, Yv, thank you sooooooo much for your wonderful, friendly words as always! You truly are an angel yourself, and I know just how you feel. Naturally I am very rarely angry, and am very calm and the kind of person that looks for good in everyone. But I would be lying if I said I wasn't angry about the state of things right now, and believe we must follow our hearts and let it out in a disciplinary way! God Bless You, my friend!

Elizabeth, YES, YES, and thank you sooooooo much for reminding everyone that in times like these, we must always remember to look for the good and right within all the bad and wrong, which the former is truly what picks us back up on our feet and generate the hope and faith in all our hearts.

With that said, I'm proud to say I did just that today, in stepping down to the Red Cross clinic in Beaverton and giving blood to spare the healthy residents of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi from having to bleed themselves dry for the love and compassion of those who need it the most down there. My family and I also donated $500 together to the Red Cross and want to give even more in the days to come. In addition, I continue to promote information on how listeners can help relief efforts on KBOO, where I work for the news department, as well as am planning to help launch a Portland local effort to collect for charities with the Sisters of the Road cafe and the Oregon Food Bank to provide food and blankets and clothing for the victims.

Also, despite the negligence of our own government, it is the millions of Americans like you who represent all that is great and truly are the heart of the spirit of giving and sharing and compassion.

The efforts these millions of Americans have made, from donating money, to offering food and blankets and baby formula, to giving plasma to spare the healthy citizens of New Orleans, Biloxi, etc. from having to give all their blood for the sick children and other victims, represent the purest spirit of America. I've long believed America has ever so often been the first nation to respond to tragedies worldwide that have afflicted many of the worlds innocent, and we all have inspired so many the entire world over. It is you and these majority of Americans who offer hope, offer faith to all these victims and their families!

Finally, once more, I want to provide links to our readers so they know exactly where they can go to help (of course, I know y'all already know well to go because you are all sooooooo wonderful and loving!) just for good measure!

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CHARITY NAVIGATOR
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/68/cpid/310.htm

WORLD VISION
http://domino-201.worldvision.org/worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egiftafaf?OpenForm&campaign=1315151&cmp=KNC-1315151&source=goog&keyword=katrina%20charity

NETWORK FOR GOOD
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/

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Love,
Noah Eaton

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa