Thunderclouds Wear a Cloak
Thunderclouds
can follow people indoors
invisible to all
but the person they follow
Even Crows
The crow
caws in pain
lands in the tree
hops down
branch by branch
The branches stop moving
The air becomes still
The crow
flies off
lands on top of a dead tree
faces west
caws as if nothing ever happened
Even crows grieve
Danielle Wong is the author of Bubble Fusion, a collection of poems about raising a child with autism. Her other work has appeared in Montreal Writes, Soft Cartel, Tipton Poetry, The Daily Drunk, Kalopsia Lit, Pendemic, and The Pine Cone Review. Some of her work is forthcoming in Chronicling the Days in spring 2021 from Guernica Editions and in Resistance from University of Regina Press. She enjoys attending poetry marathons, walking in forests, listening to crickets, and spending time with her family.
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