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MEANINGLESS MEANINGLESSNESS
Tornadoes don't care
Who is in their swathe of destruction
They don't have a plan or a hit list
Unless you believe in divine retribution
In which case the tornado is a weapon
In the hands of an angry god
As a punishment for transgressions
Is meted out to the guilty
Who deserve to have their trailer
Plucked from the Earth and hurled back down in splinters
Kind of like slapping an unruly child so hard
They hit the wall
To teach them ...... what?
What does this teach anyone
Except to duck or seek shelter
When a tornado threatens
If the tornado is a weapon of the all - knowing god
Then obviously those who are ruined or killed
Deserved it
But if the tornado is the random happenstance
Of weather conditions
Then those in the path deserve help and compassion
For their misfortune
While an impassive universe looks on
Not intervening at all
So it is up to us to help the victims of tornadoes
Hurricanes, wild fires, epidemics, droughts
Floods and lightning strikes
They did not cause their misfortune
Neither did a divine decree
They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time
Which can happen to anyone, at any time
For no apparent reason whatsoever
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