From panic to pandemonium
Where Richter Scale measured impact
People screamed in delirium.

Californians cried in a hum
Packing, running with lives intact
From panic to pandemonium.

Earthquake roared like a rattled drum
Shattering buildings, all ransacked
People screamed in delirium.

Hurriedly people packed, fearsome
Of next tremor earthquake attract
From panic to pandemonium.

Some paused, hoping the end did come
When earthquake rattles made more tract
People screamed in delirium.

Californians live this hum-drum
Of an earthquake, yet on contact
From panic to pandemonium
People screamed in delirium.