Clouds gather,
angels flap and fly away;
a sweet old lady wonders
“Oh dear, a storm
is on its way.”
A storm is on its way,
always in some state
of advance.
That’s the trouble.
The storm itself
is just a chance for rain.
Lightning explodes
at the periphery.
Inside lights flicker,
everything shudders
with a subtle quake;
a child screams,
pulses pace quicker,
faces pale,
lips udder prayers
that what is not yet here,
be over soon.
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