A New Formulation of “The Rainbow”
“THE RAINBOW” RISING…..ITS’ DAWN I HEAR A CLAP OF VIBRATING THUNDER GRASPING…… A GENTLE LIGHTENING LAYING IT’S HANDS ON EARTH IN SHEETS, PALLID, SOFT AND SLOW STILLNESS… IN FLANKING MELLOW ECHOES BIRDS SING, DAWN BECKONS A RAINBOW MEETING OF A LONG AND NARROW HIGHWAY, DEEP COLOURS OF BEYOND BELIEF, SUPERIOR SKIES SWALLOWED INTO DEPTHS OF BLUE, EVE IS FAR AWAY, DARKNESS APPEARS SUPERIMPOSED, DOMES OF PAINT SPLATTERS, “OH, WHERE DOES IT LEAD?” IS IT TO A POT OF GOLD….. OR,…