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Three Cold Nights

 Three Cold Nights

@2014 Linda Barrett

The struggle began 11AM Wensday

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Our dryer died in mid-cycle

Refrigerator stopped cooling

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Mother and I huddled together

Lying in bed

trees and twigs

Crackling all around us

Downed branches fallen

Like dead bodies on battlefields

Mother snoring on her side

Me beside her,

Listening for the crackling

Wondering if burgulars broke through

Sleep eluded me

In a Seroquel-less night

Hear the horror stories from

both brothers also without electricity

Where's Obama when you need him?

Roads cut off by trees

Bucks and Montgomery County

paralyzed by the icy cold

Wal-Mart shut down

Search for places to eat

Two days of hibernating

Find miracles in small things:

Breakfast at Keswick Coffee

Hot water for a Thursday morning bath

Mother proud of me for

sharing my body warmth

Friday became

Take Mother to Work Day

Calling PECO from my cell phone

Gave me the dilemma

Where to go for warmth

Until 11 PM

Mother found a PECO man

Who told her he'd work on our house first

Stayed at work until 3 PM

Returned home at 3:30

Lights went on

Normalcy returned once again

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