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Toast To a Thunderstorm

To the white fire that dies
With the same breath it begun
The serrated vein that hides
In sleeves of night; it's sudden sun

To the far arguments of sky quakes
That roll and crash in high surf
Raging: their formless posture breaks
And wakes, a sleeping earth

To the riven statues of cloud
That for a moment bear the bloom
Of the raw and silvered, and the loud
And then it's over
Over too soon
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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November 28, 2019 at 5:41 PM
HelloJoseph Ardern, I love the thunder storm. i like watching the lightening light up the sky. i like the sound of the thunder. To me it is the angels having game of bowling. The thunder is the strike. have a nice evening my friend.
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