Dirge

the rumble was almost subsonic... if you stood still too long, it seemed to close in on you, starting in the inner ear until it filled your lungs as if it were the stagnant air itself... on the horizon the clouds gathered ominously.. like black harbingers waiting to dispel their awful truths... then as assumed the rain came... plumeting to the earth with a resonating 'plop' as if someone were throwing full grown seals off of a 10 storey roof