LITR 3731 Creative Writing 2006

Jonathan Moeller

Two versions of "The Storm"

The Storm

Raindrops fall to quench the earth, needed here

after weeks of drought.  A leaf dances in

the rain.  It skips and floats, caught in the wind

until it flies into the atmosphere.

When Zeus observed the littered leaf upon

Olympus, he enacted his revenge

a crash of thunder and then the singe

when the bolt of lightning strikes the pecan.

Inside the dense walls no one will perceive.

Sorting suits dance to music preformed by

clacking conveyors bringing a supply

of wool sport coats for the clerk to receive.

That night I come out and see a charred form.

The tree lets me know I missed the storm.

The Storm

The ground that was dry and cracked this morning

is quenched by droplets of rain. The wind blows

the leaf faster and faster until it

floats then flies like a rocket to the sky. 

When Zeus saw the littered leaf on the mount

he sent down his lightning to split an oak

in half.  A clash of thunder foretold its

coming but the old tree cared not to move.

Inside the dense walls no one will perceive.

Sorting suits dance to music preformed by

clacking conveyors bringing a supply

of wool sport coats for the clerk to receive.

That night I come out and see a charred form.

The tree lets me know I missed the storm.

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