Residents of Phoenix and its suburbs dug out of a massive dust storm that took residents by surprise. The storm, know as ‘haboob’ by residents, knocked out power, grounded air travel, and turned swimming pools into pits of mud. Residents washed their cars and swept their sidewalks under a still-threatening brown sky.
Dishing The Dirt
The folks down in Phoenix
Were forced to adjust
When a storm out of nowhere
Doused them with dust.
It knocked out their power
With a strange kind of flood;
Folks who went swimming
Were knee-deep in mud.
It came as a shocker
To all in the town,
Leaving sidewalks and autos
'Neath a blanket of brown.
All uttered a prayer,
Their petition quite plain,
They’d much rather deal with
Some old fashion rain.
© 2011 Jim Gordon
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