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Earthquake Weather

Earthquake Weather ar aK q e a h W er Thea Chacamaty Photo by Donnie Ray Jones F IC T IO N Around dawn, the house shakes us awake. As Califor- nians, we know what to do. Never hang pictures above your bed, or shelves of books. o Th se mistakes could kill you. Avoid windows. Huddle in a doorway or beneath a table. When the earth is still again, evacuate the building. Ae ft r the sun’s come up, stand in the driveway with your husband and screaming cat. Watch the roof collapse. W INTER 2 019 • THE MIS SOURI RE V IE W 35 Before the earthquake, George slept. I stared at my phone in the dark. I was done with my first trimester and buzzed with cataclysmic energy. I read about every impending disaster: coral reefs bleached like teeth, dormant volcanoes erupting in the Pacic fi , waters rising and drowning cities, contagions coating lettuce and broccoli, birds vanishing as if swal- lowed by passing planes. Our cat, Beanie, did her nightly rounds. She’s gone dotty in her senility and shrieked as she prowled the house. Her alarms were not meant to warn us. Cats only look http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

Earthquake Weather

Chacamaty, Thea
The Missouri Review , Volume 42 (4) – Jan 16, 2020
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ar aK q e a h W er Thea Chacamaty Photo by Donnie Ray Jones F IC T IO N Around dawn, the house shakes us awake. As Califor- nians, we know what to do. Never hang pictures above your bed, or shelves of books. o Th se mistakes could kill you. Avoid windows. Huddle in a doorway or beneath a table. When the earth is still again, evacuate the building. Ae ft r the sun’s come up, stand in the driveway with your husband and screaming cat. Watch the roof collapse. W INTER 2 019 • THE MIS SOURI RE V IE W 35 Before the earthquake, George slept. I stared at my phone in the dark. I was done with my first trimester and buzzed with cataclysmic energy. I read about every impending disaster: coral reefs bleached like teeth, dormant volcanoes erupting in the Pacic fi , waters rising and drowning cities, contagions coating lettuce and broccoli, birds vanishing as if swal- lowed by passing planes. Our cat, Beanie, did her nightly rounds. She’s gone dotty in her senility and shrieked as she prowled the house. Her alarms were not meant to warn us. Cats only look

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