Say A Prayer Before Complaining by Debra J. Harmes Kurth

Immobilized by images broadcast in technicolor from manicured voices carried on now still air. Katrina was a category five downgraded-- it could have been worse, they said much worse. Tell that to A husband who had to let go of his wife to save his grandchildren. Little ones whose families now run with the ghosts of Gulf Port. Those that clung to coffins floating with the risen dead waiting to be rescued. Thousands upon thousands that didn't have much and now have nothing. Mothers and Fathers of infants and every person that held the dying without being able to help. And tell that to the volunteers that left the comforts of home to wade in the waters of death. As you wait in line complaining about the price of gas, remember--it is much worse and say a prayer

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