SOLSC 3/19/14 Just the Flick of a Switch

The sun is shining
Not a cloud in the sky
The power flickered
But stayed on
Then just after lunch
No flicker - just nothing
Power was out
No reason
Computers were quiet
No radio
No internet
No access to files
No working stop lights
People unaware
 4-way stops
Policemen directing traffic
And then in just
A flick of the switch
The lights were on
The radio blasting
The computers humming
The printer sending signals
Stoplights working
All is right with the world.


Comments

  1. MichelleMarch 19, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Hmmm...you wonder what could have caused it. We are always looking for an answer and it sounds like you will never know with this power outage! But at least all is right with the world in the end. :)

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  2. LynnMarch 19, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    I agree why is it we always want to find the answer and sometimes it just is what it is!

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  3. Leigh Anne EckMarch 19, 2014 at 1:50 PM

    You have captured how the world just stops when there is no power and how "loud" it is when it comes back on! :)

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  4. TaraMarch 19, 2014 at 4:14 PM

    Great slice - I love the verbs that change with a flick of the switch.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    Isn't it something how quickly things can change? Human nature compels us to find an answer as to why something happened, but the answer isn't always there.

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  6. elsieMarch 19, 2014 at 7:46 PM

    No power is such an inconvenience. We don't appreciate it when we have it, but are quick to complain when it is gone. If I have to lose power, I prefer it during the daylight hours for sure. :-)

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  7. ChrisMarch 19, 2014 at 10:16 PM

    Flick! Click! Neat post!

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  8. Terje March 20, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    A flick of a switch, no power, short time , but what a difference it made. Odd indeed. I wonder what happened. I think that the poem format works well to share this experience.

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