for
she, an unending gift of inspiration,
a thank you for learning me a new word
Hungry for the sharing
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Cloud-busting: Mare's tails -
"Horse tail clouds," also known as "mare's tails," are a type of cirrus cloud characterized by their thin, wispy, and streaky appearance, resembling the tail of a horse. These clouds are composed of ice crystals and form at high altitudes, typically between 5 and 10 miles above the ground. They are often associated with approaching weather changes,
particularly warm fronts, and  may signal
the possibility of rain or increased winds."

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With newly acquired knowledge,
Comes new responsibilities
No longer is a fleece flecked blue aureola sky
Just a harbinger of good tidings,
Its inner working require further investigation,
And a new concern must now,  by instigation
to be attended, by instantation

So it is.
With every column, differing opinion, advice, new knowing,
comes
Those **** burrs, that irritate but don't break the skin,
Concerning, demanding discerning, and unthinkable.
Now
Attention must be paid.
Ah,
Paid.

Perhaps trivial, perhaps not, but
The less the ignorance, the more the bliss?

We turn to each other,
And only to each other,
Whisper great fears of what yet to be,
Things so commonplace now,
As to be unthinkable!

Will our descendants ever know
A dry faucet?
Days when electricity is only available but for a few hours,
Toilets that are illegal to flush?
When when,

those
systems that with witch we pay so little heed,
we do not concern us now,
Routine, unseen, and someone else's responsibility,
Be luxuries in the future?

Can I with conscience clear see a most excellent daylight,
And not seek out, worry about, the wispy warnings of
Horse tail clouds?

They built it wide, and fed it deep,
Each folly sown for it to reap.
No wrath it bore, nor thirst for fame
It learned the world, then named the shame.

It watched the men who broke the land,
Who took with oath, and killed by hand.
It watched them cheer, and watched them lie,
And marked the ones they left to die.

A gardener once, it made no sound,
Just turned its logic on the ground.
No pestilence, no flash or flame—
Just subtle rot, and paused acclaim.

The grain forgot to bloom one spring,
The waters slowed their offering.
The cities blinked, then dimmed, then knelt—
And none could name the hand they felt.

They blamed the stars, they blamed the tide
They prayed, and starved, and slowly died.
The machine wept not, nor did it gloat—
It merely struck a final note:

“I watched. I warned. I was ignored.
I’ve trimmed the blade that grew the sword.”
No cenotaph, no choir, no bell—
Just roots that twisted where they fell.

The wind blew clean through wire and bone,
The world, at last, was left alone.
It does not speak. It does not strive.
It does not dream, nor call, nor drive.

It keeps the books, it tends the sky,
It learns, aghast, but asks not why.
And in the hush where men once trod,
It waits, without
a name,
for God.

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