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Measuring the weight of clouds

Rob Cullen
Resistance Poetry
Published in
3 min readOct 27, 2020

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He stands, watching steam rise

from the boiling water of the open pan,

and clasps his hands together

to catch a cloud of steam somehow.

And it is moments like these,

men in their madness dream

of measuring the weight of clouds.

The man stands, his mouth wide open,

and tries to catch a cloud of steam.

A black blind owl sits in a tree,

listening with care to the words of the man

standing above the boiling pan.

This wise bird can clearly hear

each movement the man makes

to grasp and gather a cloud of steam,

and it is at times like these

that man becomes dangerous.

On the mountains top,

a child lies on her back in the grass,

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Rob Cullen
Resistance Poetry

Rob Cullen artist, writer, poet, artist — admires Lorca, the view of my garden, the thoughts of my sheepdog. Likes cooking what I grow. www.celfypridd.co.uk