hot and hushed
in the courtyard
skinks skitter between
terracotta tiles a finch
fans its tiny wings beneath
a waterspout
high up jet stream winds
unleash havoc upon
this morning’s puffball clouds
beating them into airy wisps
and feathered curlicues
a change is coming
and not just
in tomorrow’s weather
*cirrus activity signals a change in the weather. Increasing cirrus formation is both a symptom, and a cause, of global warming.
