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Almost Storm
by Keith Taylor
From Canary Summer 2020
Keith lives in the Huron River watershed in southeastern Michigan. The Huron now is a battered, dammed, industrial stream, occasionally beautiful, that has sustained him for over 40 years. It flows into Lake Huron, part of the Great Lakes Basin, which holds more than 20% of the planet's fresh water.
On a warm afternoon I doze off
then awake to the almost storm,
sky gone black, breeze turned to wind,
temperature falling. Little yellow jackets
have given up all thought of stinging
for the duration and take refuge
on the leeward side of my legs.
Lightning strikes straight into the forest
across the lake, its thunder rolling
like irony across this rainless land.
© Keith Taylor