The initial forecast was for the tropical storm to develop into a hurricane, but Jerry had other plans. It was like an episode of Seinfeld—plenty of potential but a lack of sustained focus. Maybe the scrutiny was too much. As storms go it became disheveled and couldn’t coordinate the rain and winds. Jerry degenerated into a trough and dissipated as a post-potential tropical depression.
downgrading
the relationship
to just friends
west wind
lives in New Hampshire. Her micro-prose and prose poems have appeared in 100 Word Story, The Ekphrastic Review, MacQueen’s Quinterly, The Mackinaw: a journal of prose poetry, Mid-American Review, Moon City Review, and Unbroken. Her latest collection, A House Meant Only for Summer (Red Moon Press, 2023), features haibun and tanka prose. When not writing or making collages, she’s outside exploring the woods and avoiding ticks.
