![File:1957 West Pacific tropical storm 1 track.png](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/1957_West_Pacific_tropical_storm_1_track.png/800px-1957_West_Pacific_tropical_storm_1_track.png)
At forty unusual phenomena occur. The chimney
whistles & the windows blister (rain).
At fifty to sixty it chases the cat in, breaks the
pinebranch (Bishop), rips the eucalyptus leaf
loose, wakes the baby, shakes the roof & bangs
the door.
At seventy individual sounds subside in the general roar.
At eighty a flash heralds the arrival of Storm King
in a black leather riding outfit (Coldwater Canyon,
1941), accompanied by Mildred Pierce, stunning
in a mauve chemise by de Kooning. Everybody’s drunk
flooded puddle in the bloody rain and driving
At this point transmission ended due to power failure.
![File:Pacific typhoon tracks 1980-2005.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Pacific_typhoon_tracks_1980-2005.jpg/783px-Pacific_typhoon_tracks_1980-2005.jpg)
West Pacific tropical storm track, 1957: image created by Nilfanion, 2006. Background image: NASA.
Northwest Pacific tropical cyclone tracks, 1980--2005: image created by Nilfanion, 2007. Background image: NASA
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