Quake

UPDATE: 5.9 earthquake rocks Virginia, East Coast

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/aug/23/32/58-earthquake-rocks-virginia-other-parts-east-coas-ar-1256961/

Buildings swayed,

Rumbling like a freight train,

Thumping like deep base,
Threatening as a terrorist attack,

Trembling like your hands,

As the earth grew still.