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SOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA

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The Rusty Toque | Issue 3 | Poetry | October 12, 2012

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LIGHTNING STORM SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OF AN AIRPLANE





Where once there swirled cottons of soft white and various hues of blue



Some bent metal wire charged and flickered inside an incandescent bulb



Some fly-fisher’s line pulled at by one who didn’t know how to fly cast



Some flame-thrower’s flame tossed over and over and over by itself



Some length of shining white ribbon wrapped around a ball came loose



Some strands of copper-coloured tinsel dangled from what wasn’t there

SOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA won the 2004 ReLit prize for her first book of poetry, Small Arguments. Her new book will be released September 2013.