A black cloud is hovering over our hamlet
and my dog is hiding under the kitchen table,
she shivers and doesn’t hear my soothing words.
A terrible blinding flash followed by thunder
clap the farmer’s tractor took a direct hit
even though it was hiding the shed,
that was a precision strike and we have no air defense.
No collateral damage
but for the dog which in panic bit my ankle
and peed on the floor.