Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Don Kingfisher Campbell

WEATHER IN THE BODY


It's easy to see

dark clouds are

disturbing eyes


There must be

a cold front

developing nasally


A look down

throat confirms

slick roadway


Rumblings

inside stomach

indicate shift


To high pressure

creating change

in wind direction


Earthquake follows

followed by

flash flood


Expected

mudslide comes

later that evening


In morning

clear vision again

but low approaches


Precipitation

sign of

instability




BAD WEATHER POEM


Gray clouds dominate sky

like rolls of stomach fat


Darkened mountains line horizon

like piles of bat guano


Wind topples trees

to look like awful toupees


Rain falls like gods

peeing on their people


Concrete gutter rivers take

fast food cups and wrappers away


Fast food cups and wrappers

wedge into iron drain grill


Soaked streets glisten 

like diseased black veins


Grass matted down

like a beatnik haircut


Snow covers peaks

like bird poop on statues


Chill permeates skin

like death acquiring a soul




GOOD WEATHER POEM


merciless sun beats down

like a lowrider's backseat speakers


clouds become wisps

and disappear like paychecks


mountains warm up like

piles of fresh poop


hot wind flows over all

as if Big Brother could touch you


trees embrace haze

go from green to yellow


flowers stretch out petals

like reawakened zombies


grass blades grow like hair

on a punk teen's head


asphalt streets bulge

like lavaflow over land


concrete gutters are home to

tossed fast food cups and wrappers


heat makes skin pink like

salmon in a processing plant



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