clouds stood off in the red west

gawkers

who feel somethings cominggoing down an they cant waitimpatient anxious to be there and look

theyd get close but not nearenough to get soiled or splashed by the trouble that befell some poor clown sorry soul some respecthuh

They look like they’re expecting something.

They do They look anxiousshifting their feet but they dont seem intent on moving forward

Yes. In no particular hurry.

Hear them say theyll cop theyre being patient

Patient my ass

Unnerved

When condensation fears we ought to pay sharp attention

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as the skies began to purple like bruises rising he saw the clouds were afootbeing sneaky

they were creeping closerkeeping low probably moving in a crouch

coming up on hillspeeked over them like points scouts  whawas ahead of them was need-to-know priority

they came furtively awkwardly children bad at a game of hide n seek

terribly bad

caught peeking

an caught they refused to break eyecontact asif he wasnt there looking directly at them

they feigned He’s not there. yet remained wideeyed  

then they sankdeflated shrunk out of sight behind the ridge 

                                                                but not so deep that he couldnt see the tops of their head

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