Contemplating the Darkening Sky
Through the chinks in the thatch
I can see the sky
Dark and forbidding
With purple-tinged clouds
Hanging over me
Like pregnant vultures
Waiting for me to die.
Published by Charles Ray - Featured Contributor in Travel
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