God got bored
with blue,
and started stabbing
with white,
but forgot to stop,

the desert blue canvas
starved of brush
swallows paint.

Faded tan dunes
freckle orange
before flooding

Rust and blue
mix brown drowning
below grey sky smeared solid

green flecks
with lightning’s
silent flash.

I turn to the artist, and ask
will you paint thunder?