A great storm tears through our neighbourhood not a metaphor though perhaps it will become one but an actual real wind shaking trees scattering leaves tearing down branches dumping rain on a woman pushing one-handed a baby carriage a coffee double double in the other neck bent teeth clenched heading grimly home and then minutes later the wind drops the rain stops and slowly gently sun light re emerges this signifies nothing it's just weather hot air meets cold air and certain results result calm down don't look for meaning it's just molecules rushing here and there high pressure low pressure you're human you want to know why wherefore to what end but it's just water and air nothing to do with us any of us
