Lightning flickers.

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6 elephants
Rain crosshatches the horizon. Someone’s getting a drenching.

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5 elephants
Upstairs we pause, watch the distant spectacle spark and strike.

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4 elephants
Clouds bloom like bruises. We stare skywards, check apps.

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3 elephants
The air thickens. The cautious fetch their washing in.

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2 elephants
The light yellows. We lift palms to the heavens. Raindrops spatter.

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1 elephant
// beating, sheeting downpour // unexpected, inevitable // windows shake // babies wail // alarms shriek // gutters whirlpool // headlights glare // power cuts

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The storm breaks over us.
We run, for home, for whatever cover we can.