pre-dawn earthquakes wake us, violently
a blizzard erupts in the middle of July
ships are tossed and broken in two during a brutal storm on a raging sea
a clap of thunder resounds from a cloudless sky..
you're there in your room fantasizing about who you want to be
while late-afternoon autumnal fog descends upon Los Angeles
and the eccentric roots of a growing ficus tree
rhythmically and gracefully destroy a sidewalk's concrete
a half-mile away
along the Sunset Strip
