On a foggy night, and seeing nothing but darkness from the scenic overlook

The city swallowed by a cloud

was not, as thought, mere novelty,

but seeing all of downtown drowned

and disappeared beneath a shroud

as thick and dark as mercury,

to see the lamplight, flickery,

now suffocated, shuddering

beneath vast swaths of misery,

impenetrable, slippery,

that slithers past while muttering,

it chilled me. I thought clouds in spring

should keep respectful distance here.

But in the distance, sirens ring

and rush to aid the suffering

who, blinded, unseen, failed to steer.