change in forecast
the hour is fast approaching
and the well has run dry
a mother sends her child with pail
in hand out into the wild
instructed not to return home
empty-handed
the city is safer than the jungle
during the rainy season
talking heads on social media
furthering the debate
a fire breaks out in the country
ignited by lightning
chasing four-legged chattel
into the next county
a daughter sits alone in chair
rocking slowly in the dry heat
feeding her thoughts with patience
while practicing her breathing
the hour is fast approaching
and suddenly the well is overflowing
april two thousand nineteen
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