anticipation builds,
a now gray sky
gradually becoming
that stomach-churning
blue-gray color of
spring and summer violence,
the rumble bumbling of
distant thunder
now growing closer
with each and every breath,
the soon-to-be flickering
of jagged lightning
that lights up the sky
like 4th of July fireworks,
a gentle whisper of a breeze,
soon churning itself
into a malevolent force
to be reckoned with,
the tempest looms large
in the just-out-of-reach
on the far side
of the horizon,
brooding now,
crouched and
ready to strike
Oooh this is beautiful
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