The Long Approach

The murmuring hush of the

wind blowing long, green

leafy streams hanging from the

Mulberry weeping in the humid heat

of the day presages the passage of

darkening clouds sliding over the

blue sky, obscuring the sun's

furious furnace.  The reds and

pinks of petunias and impatiens

glow shades darker, the paper-white

multi-blossomed begonias more 

white than white on the green-enhanced 

background, as the glow deserts the 

sky so it glowers instead, influenced 

by ash-shaded clouds crowding the 

heavens, issuing due warning in ever

increasing decibels; a thunderstorm

on the march to relieve parched soil.