patricia

everyone sat around in the room,
listening to the thunder clap
on a portable stereo
with a plastic handle
out the window and behind another
a woman
turns a very bright light
on and off
in the sort of pattern which is easier to see without glasses.

outside, what she saw as stars,
he saw as several low flying planes
while certain people standing around
assumed they were some sort of backdrop
from back when everything seemed irrefutable.