08-08-2012, 07:23 PM
Black heralded in the storm--
Low minacious clouds argued
thumping chests and roaring.
Throaty obscenities flew
within cumulonimbus.
just two seconds after blue
Kids swam streets, oblivious
power lines lay limp. Unlit
tipper trucks ploughed the water,
loaded to the gunnel's, high
enough for human debris
to be carried from their roofs.
Once, it cleared and lightness sprang.
floods grew weak and settled down,
people cheered, defences down.
All too soon the laughter died:
Anger raced across the sky
then dropped like rods of iron.
Again it rained.
Low minacious clouds argued
thumping chests and roaring.
Throaty obscenities flew
within cumulonimbus.
just two seconds after blue
Kids swam streets, oblivious
power lines lay limp. Unlit
tipper trucks ploughed the water,
loaded to the gunnel's, high
enough for human debris
to be carried from their roofs.
Once, it cleared and lightness sprang.
floods grew weak and settled down,
people cheered, defences down.
All too soon the laughter died:
Anger raced across the sky
then dropped like rods of iron.
Again it rained.