They give me a much needed break most days, but now especially.  My friends are vapours forming fluffy shapes in the sky.  They go by strange names too - “nimbus”, “stratus”, “cirrus” and my personal favourite - “cumulo-nimbus” (he’s the bloke with the puffy top and streamlined bottom).  Mr. CN finds his way into many of my paintings these days.  I think it has something to do with his aesthetically pleasing shape.  Cirrus is kind of fun too - she’s the flirty one with wavy wisps that ripple at high altitudes. 

These shifty, calm and patient puffs give my eyes much needed relief these days as I take intermittent “rest breaks” from frantic bouts of keyboard pounding and paper shuffling.  ”I shall finish that project by the end of next week….” I murmur incessantly to waiting ears.  If I had a dollar for each of those prophetic promises, this dreamer would own a small Pacific island.  Anyways, my friends provide an atmospheric aquarium for my viewing pleasure and relief from the mundane these days.  Mmm….perhaps I should join The Cloud Appreciation Society.

Happy Cloud Watching,

-PM

Bone-white; a round eye socket

now cradles prickly cactus.

Looking skyward, then horizontally

thorny predator “eyes” survey

Terra Tyrannus.

“How deplorable,” he sighs

a defeated Tyrannosaurus breath. 

His ribcage rattles,

releasing phantom breath

from pointy nasal bones.

With a giggle and flick of a brush

sharp and eager canine teeth are dusted.

The child laughs at his discovery -

this new game of

“Archy..ol..ogy.”