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Smiles and Thunderclouds...

That black thundercloud likes to hover over my house
In darkening radiance it radiates like the radiation
used to kill cancer or just kill or maybe the light
is that semi-radiant light that keeps dry
cow burgers even drier

Don't mind that hovering thundercould over my car
It likes to race me to work like I'm the antelope and
it is the cheetah of the Nat Geo miniseries but I just
stay steady on the pedal and cut on the windshield
wipers ahead of the downpour

That overwhelming thundercloud doesn't mean any harm
It just waits for your face to change expression as it hides
the sun but through the darkness sun shards shine through
and the smile on my face embraces the thundercloud so that
its darkness will inform me when Light is near...


The bold insinuation was stifling. How could that pitiful statement come from one so close. Years of friendship and hard times and cold days and cold food drew us together. The darkness enfolded my emotions and Sprint lost the connection before I could hit the green button that ironically was used to stop this. Transitions in life lead others to trace your life with crude crayons and cardboard stencils designed by cold hearted corporations and tight-lipped CEOs. The reasoning was off but the intent to mentally harm was clear and concise as street signs in well-to-do neighborhoods. My mistakes were my own but she had called into question these mistakes as though her own were nullified in some kangaroo court on some distant planet. You expect the ones that hate you to spew that hate in creative tones but to hear spite and jealousy drip from the lips of a loved one is anathema to the blood pressure. It's always disheartening to hear the truth of someone's heart that is heartless enough to want to destroy your heart. They carry thunderclouds and rain in their pockets and purses for that exact moment to toss them in the air and block out the sun. But the smiles of the righteous entice sunshine to a given place and thunderclouds recoil at its annoyance. True soldiers relish smiles and thunderclouds...

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