The Flash Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The Flash

When the is thunder and lightning fall to earth
let us call the lightning "Flash" when hitting the ocean
it does not die but sinks to the sea like a bubble
waiting in a cataleptic slumber.
When the call came, they rose from the shaking sea
upwards and behind the clouds.
The meteorological conditions had taken a turn for
the worse, clouds were running out of flashes.
The vain Thor, with his hammer, striking an anvil was
not effective only produced small glimmers that
didn't reach the earth.
Thus, fortified clouds were ready for the winter.