enlightened but opaque

dawn’s blush rose mostly in the north

this morning; massed gray-indigo

guinea pig-shaped puff clouds gliding

in ranks including mother and child

extended family units, eager lean males

confining themselves to the uniform

pace of unity-become-uniformity

merging into dense blue-gray

to blot out the sun’s natural emergence

blanket of the faithful whitened

from behind but massed troops

crowding out our earth’s source

of sustenance and light