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Under An August Cloud
By Anonymous | August 14th 2010 01:00 AM | 479 reads | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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Yesterday, I seemed to be under a giant cloud, with lots up in the air.

A difficult ghostwriting deadline for an article about clouds loomed, but the Tortoise Cat signaled we were overdue for a territorial stroll. As late afternoon blew in and we set off down the block, those metaphors took shape.

This towering cumulonimbus looked to me like a giant ghost storming away into the west. But, of course, the cloud was riding the prevailing westerlies eastward, billowing towards us briskly.

Towering cumulonimbus, neighborhood tower and maple tree, one late afternoon in early August 2010, by Shamanic-Shift on Flickr.com
Photo: Towering cumulonimbus, neighborhood tower and maple tree, one late afternoon in early August 2010, by Shamanic-Shift on Flickr.com

The prodigious puff hung over our heads impressively, then spit out only a few refreshing, salutary sprinkles in passing.

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