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Palomino, Colombia

July 16, 2018
By AurumArgentum PLATINUM, Stratham, New Hampshire
AurumArgentum PLATINUM, Stratham, New Hampshire
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Favorite Quote:
“Though we live on the US dollar, you and me [sic] we’ve got our own sense of time” -Vampire Weekend


relámpagos flash as el viento picks up,
a frightening undercurrent encima del mar,
truenoso as real thunder roars and podemos oír the rain
pero no lo podemos ver
this rain we can't see is even
stranger as these electric flashes reveal
the stormy beach para solamente unos segundos a la vez,
segundos, solo horas después que se puso el sol,
and i can see toda la playa,
todas las palmeras,
and then está aca

slowly at first empieza a llover,
despues mas rapido as thunder punctuates

the roaring waves below, syncopated by the incessant lightning,
y los fueguitos de las lámparas tiki no se apagan in spite of all this,
la lluvia cada vez más fuerte and carried by the wind
and then rapidamente me escapo y estoy inside the cabin

pero la tormenta no para para nadie,
layered over the waves as i sleep,
solamente visible como little pockmarks in the sand,

from raindrops, al amanecer.


The author's comments:

Inspired by a nighttime thunderstorm seen from my family's hotel near the beach on a recent trip


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