hard pass

 

        Big thunderstorm yesterday.  Branches and trees scattered.  96-mile-per-hour wind; big pile of rain all at once.

        It was somewhat stressful.  Felt like a lot.

        A man who is from Puerto Rico described to me how they have storms there with 150 mile-per-hour winds, and the coconut trees bend clear over to one side, during these gusts, with the coconuts touching the ground, and then the trees straighten back up.  The roots, apparently, are long and strong.

        I repeated this description to someone else today, and his eyes widened in amazement:  "Really?!" he said.

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storming tension

darkening, darkening,

an airborne blanket

of damp warmth and 

edgy fear with

nameless worry --

apprehension hidden behind

the facades of our faces;

we read

snack

look on our phones

wait

for the storm to 

hopefully not wreck our lives

and please pass by

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