Between synthetic, parallel lines
drawn across artificially constructed
maps, the clouds begin to form.
Climbing upwards like giant anvils of
cotton candy, a trick of the scattering
light projecting apparitions across the skies.
Oscillating between imagined landforms,
these vessels of rain and ice drift
tirelessly across tranquil seas and raging
oceans. Taking residence across
the continents, rising and falling
with the unseen breath of their creator.
Peripheral forces nip and pull at the
creases of this translucent drapery,
driving contrast that redefines the
transience of their approach. A warming
touch that contracts and expands
without caution or reproach.
Changing patterns reverberate across
the cloudscape, as thunder shakes the
firmament and drought stalks the land.
Reflected dreams shimmer across their
surface, the abstract
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