Cloud Belliessuch a violet ritualsome bluer skiessome yellowing cracked sunabove a maddeningly greennever sleeping worldthe little sheep baa at the fastarriving rain cloudswith overhanging bellies if you hate being told to breathe just stand there quietlyamid the tumbling corn stalks andhay bales stacked in interlocking patternsPublished on The Laundry Line, August 19, 2025.