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disconsolate, dark purple
blanket of cloud even-bottomed
as though sliced by chainsaw
ominous work of man
now grappled in its southeast vulnerability
by sunrise rays of ginger
and burnishing gold
as only mother nature can fling
off night clothes to welcome
the new day
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.