In the humid heat before dawn a
military, wide-bodied, heavy-lift aircraft,
a Hercules, bullied its way through the
sky, its low rumble sending waves of
sound through bedroom windows whose
occupants recognized the cause of their
awakening yet thought longingly of an
atmosphere thick with heavy rain,
thunder and lightning coursing the
heavens, nature's prerogative, not
humankind's primitive presumption
of hostilities and technology fueling
an ever-ready war machine...
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