Now and Again

Arizona monsoon clouds built 

All day, sky belching brown and gray, 

Light flickers alive, purple tongues 

Across the visible.  To the 

North a dense pocket, white bolted 

Thick streams of silver, electric

Intersecting arcs.  Rain mixed with 

Humid sweat stings our eyes, under

Tree, no shelter, thunder crack, the

Torrential summer of D.C.

Window open, gently blowing 

Winds, freeway hum and pavement drone 

Never mute.  It’s dark.  Computer 

Glares, candles sway, a hollow sense.