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Before the Storm by David Butler There is a moment, before the storm, when the winds hold their breath; the boughs stop moving; the cloud, backlit, is photograph-still; the lake’s meniscus reverent. A moment in suspense. An instant, when future imperfect appears to hang in the balance; when the dice have yet to fall, the first fat drops to explode in the dust-tormented earth.
Ellecia Vaughan, Nightmare prophecy in white 68
Prophecy in the poem is not a mere divination but a quiet scrutiny of seemingly peaceful nature. It is a moment captured in all its beauty and terror, put in emotional and
