“Look over there! Across the lake! ” 
 
White cap dust clouds 
And bellowing wind 
as bullets,  
Graze skin and 
sand castle lawns. 
 
Out of the water  
People are running,  
Dripping wet suits 
And hail stricken cars. 
 
Me on the beach,  
Her side by side 
Distraught disbelief 
At wind funnel formation. 
 
A mile away  
It's wave riding 
movement 
feverishly flying 
As a chariot of Poseidon 
 
All energy and air 
water and wind 
Sucked as a vacuum 
in northward direction. 
 
Loud bursts of lightning,  
And deafening gusts,  
sound as an air engine  
Upon stall fire crashing. 
 
I rub my eyes  
Making sure that  I’m here. 
A tornado finds home 
 in Central New York. 
 
'It's Global warm weather' 
my hippie love's saying 
Strange days and fiction 
with 
Nodding agreement.  
 
Then 
 
As soon as it came 
Disapearing  
as quickly 
sun breaks through clouds 
and relief laden breathing. 
 
If Dorothy were here 
the witch would be dead 
followed by munchkins 
and beautiful scenery. 
 
One things for certain 
it's never occurred,  
that I've seen a tornado 
in Central New York. 
 
Strange days indeed 
and wondering 
bemusement 
funnel wind cycles 
are for Kansas 
no more.  
 
 
Copyright (c)                David DeSantis
David DeSantis
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