the waters rushed down
upon the gnarled bush
writhed in profile

the waters unleashed their scything
flood powers
wild scattering of primeval beasts
rose into hoof-pounded
crescendo, as -
the moment the sky cried out in a thrombosis
of lightning -
the moment of a second the explosion
lit up white in a heave of stones
and bodies -
resounding through the arrested moment
of time
in a desperate dance of death -
two men
locked in strenuous struggle
of violence
two men now two killers
settling the difference of their separate
ideologies, but each now alone
bent on his prey