THUNDER



Thunder is an angry lion

he crashes in the sky
and when the storm crumbles
the distant thunder rumbles 

After the flash of lighting
the little ones he frightens
gnashing his teeth against the sky
rolling and crashing

He hides in the storm and,
boom! the angry thunder emerges
howling long and loud
Poet: Joy Ngofaa


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