Aftermath

摘要

It's not the storm itself—wind and rain lashing shore,uprooting trees, toppling poles and dousing lights,. ooding cellars and roads, capsizing boats—but the aftermath—the bright calm, the pairof drowned cats crumpled against the picket fence,the parlor of Izzy's shack open for inspection,the walls fallen . at on all sides, your own roof fi lling the front yard, covering your car,and your own twin daughters dazed by Nature's petulance—that makes you reconsideryour life and weigh your possessions and the costof putting down stakes too near the coastas the globe warms, and storms grow worse