Hordes of cattle lay lifeless on the streets,
lush green crops had withered in meek submission,
succulent fruits on tree branches had died a gruesome
death,
a trio of birds had forgotten to chirp their daily
rhymes,
predecessors of the ophidian had sunk deep
beneath cocoons of soil,
dense foliage of green was now reduced to threadbare
strips of brittle brown,
crystal white streams of the mountain had dried in
their roots,
mighty perennial rivers could now be sighted as fetid
pools of shallow water,
gallons of saline liquid had evaporated from the
oceans,
glistening surface of barren rock boiled in tumultuous
fury of the sun,
tantalizing mirages loomed large at steaming patches
of road,
the ground was strewn with sizzling pancakes resting
on embers of red coal,
rotund island of fuming sun smiled brutally all day,
long wires of cable had started to melt in the heat,
desires for thirst soared to gigantic proportions,
spots of shade were a rare treat to witness in the
nerve-wrecking heat,
dirty brown lizards swished their tongues viciously in
disdain,
levels of mercury reached astronomical heights in the
day,
with little respite in the abhorrent sultry night,
the sky hadnt wept since times immemorial,
there was not a droplet of free water availaible to
quench my thirst,
it seemed as if god had forgotten to bless the earth
with rain,
penalizing millions of human on earth for their
catalogue of misdeeds,
with savage strokes to encounter the brunt of DROUGHT.


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