Storm Chaser by Melanie Hess

Storm Chaser Melanie Hess last week the riverbed cracked,its veins like autumn leaves,plows and combines idle in fieldsdinosaurs on the verge of extinctionmy joints simmer with arms and legs splayed star-shaped in an old plantation rockerI imagine the wettest place on earth and watch a scout ant migrate up the kitchen tap in search of water for the queenthe sky shifts moodreleasing a peaty potpourrithe squall appears windward.I grab the monkey on my backwe gobble the rainjabbering whirling eddiesmy skirt swirling like Carmen MirandaMore from Melanie ↓@alohamonkey on InstagramHer book Bread and Bone is out nowYou can listen to me read Picture This by Melanie over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure