The Head Buried in the Sand

Some folks can't face the facts.

The Head Buried in the Sand

 

By Elton Camp 

 

An ostrich never buries his head in the sand

To do that symbolically is only done by man

And the deep sand that is the easiest to reach

Is that located all along this country’s beach

 

For this present write there certainly is a reason

It’s because we have entered hurricane season

To support folks who build houses at the shore

Is a thing we shouldn’t be willing to do anymore

 

A good enough excuse they can’t possibly give

For building in a place clearly too unsafe to live

Since it is at the ocean’s edge you intend to stay

You have to expect a hurricane to blow you away

 

It’s like one who wants to live on a volcano’s slope

Because anyone who would do that has to be a dope

If I choose to build my house at the brink of a ledge,

Why should others pay when it falls over the edge

 

Likely, some who read this likely will react in anger

And argue that every place is also filled with danger

Some spots represent taking an unreasonable chance

No wonder that insurance companies look askance

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If it is at the beach that some are determined to stay

When disaster strikes there needs to be another way

If that ridiculous risk they decide they want to take,

Then nobody else should help to pay for their mistake