A Cook Against the Storm

I turn on the barbeque just as a horizon-filling bank of rainclouds roll in. A sudden wind arrives. The songbirds’ ensemble speeds with urgency.

I race this oncoming storm. The stakes?

Our sardine dinner.

rustling leaves
after the rain
a shimmering grill

first published in Image Curve, December 21, 2017

Photo by Lukas Budimaier on Unsplash