FLUFFY WHITE CLOUDS,IN THE BLUE SKY.
SCATTERED ALL OVER,ABOVE US SO HIGH.
MARES’ TAILS AND ALTO, STATUS AND CIRRUS.
ALL SIZES AND SHAPES, EVEN SOME CUMULUS.
SOME LOOK LIKE COTTON, WISPY AND READY TO HOP.
SOME WITH FLAT BOTTOMS, ALL PUFY ON TOP.
SOME LOOKING MEAN, SCUDDING ALONG.
DARKENING THE HORIZON, WIND BLOWING STRONG.
THEN LOOMING BIG, HEAVY WITH MIRTH.
FILLED WITH RAIN, TO DROWN THE EARTH.
1995
BY WAYNE J. WAGAR