This Side Or The Other

There was heat lightning out there---

intimidating in its discretion

And there were half finished rainbows

one after the other after the other

And then I remembered when there were bunnies

in stop lights with nothing but time and colors on their hands

Then it was my memory making my stomach hurt

with a watchtower up to my neck

Back then was when I believed---

that my sentiments had some say in the matter

in the weather