Katrina

The etymology of this name points to royalty, but it also points to torture. We are undoubtedly in the midst of the torture Katrina has wrought. A natural disaster of unspeakable destruction, in line with the Tsunami in Asia...maybe worse. If that is possible. Cities filled with people left to survive or die on their own. Federal responses that reek of race and class discrimination at worst, and simple unpreparedness in the face of critical warnings at best.

For the survivors..... For the victims.... For my family...

I, too sing America
I am the darker brother
They send me to eat in kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody will dare say to me
"Eat in the Kitchen"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed~

I, too, am America