The craze of lightning bolts shrieks
across the inky sky,
irradiated, violet.
Lances of rain pelt the ground;
a haze rises, spray shattered
from the asphalt.
Black above, black below,
curtains of summer rain,
taut, glitter beneath streetlights.
“Snapshots” was printed in Tracks, No. 9 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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