Inclement weather

by DS Maolalai 

​gust me. be a
thunderstorm.
hell–be a tornado.
tonight I am tired
of houses standing
and the aching joints
of temperate weather.
together, let's
take a turn
breaking forests
on the equator,
pressure dropping
down on seabirds wings
and boats lost in storms
over surfaces
which turn like pages.
villages wiped out
in swampy regions
and low land.

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DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and seven for the Pushcart Prize. He has released two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019). His third, "Noble Rot" will be published April 2022.