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Rafael Gomez
Big sky.
Big Texas rains come
sweeping across
the El Paso city desert.
The streets turn
into makeshift rivers
as the water streams down them,
across them,
and up them.
A cool ozone breeze
wafts through the air
and carries with it
the thunderous echoes
of the fleeting lightning.
Children play
in the growing
streams and puddles,
while adults scurry
back and forth
in futile attempts
to stay dry.
The nights are different.
At times
a gray mist
will hang over the city.
Humid and heavy,
the air reeks of the clouds,
pregnant with rain.
The air is alive with electricity.
Lightning dances
across the night sky
turning it into day,
if only for brief seconds.
Thunder claps
far off in the distance.
Big sky.
Big Texas rains.
BACKGROUND
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Rafael Gomez is an artist/writer who lives in South Florida with his wife. Dark Truths is his creation.
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