Apocalypse of the Heart

Weather patterns are the closest we can get to relationships personified. Hurricane Hugo was tracked for some odd 3,000 miles, along route, consuming everything in sight. In breakups, we bring out the worst in ourselves, and in an act of desperation we degrade and destroy anything in relation to our former significant other. And, like hurricanes, some breakups are more destructive to the soul than others. The death toll for the apocalypse of '89 was seventy-six, with over 12,000 left homeless. So, if it's possible for Mother Nature to spare the population of an entire country even after her wrath, can we bring ourselves to soften the blow between two people who are hit within this cyclone of heartbreak?

2%, Skim or Vitamin D

"Save money, live better"; the motto of the beast
Butterball and Betty Crocker aid yanks with a feast.

$4 prescriptions, contact lenses, and lines that never end,
Heartless greeters, empty aisles, the trend is to pretend.

Holiday gangways, lean cuisines; the frozen food for thought
Stranded buggies wander aimlessly in a no-spot parking lot.

Rollback prices, upsidedown goldfish,
Society buys and buys
Surrendering souls and pocketbooks
to yellow smile’s lies.