Strange Clime: An Ottava Rima

Rare weather visits
now more often: snow
in Egypt, strange fits
of heat that torch and thaw
the icecaps— No profit
from citrus in the icy maw
of wind: only count the heads
of the stricken, the broken beds.

[LAG-other-response date=”12 14 2013″ url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2013/12/wrecked/” title=”Via Negativa: Wrecked”]