An apocalyptic crack spreads like ...

An apocalyptic crack spreads like boom over sintered gorges and alkali flats. The junco is knocked sideways then ear-rings as if shot onto a granite bed, turning slowly mahogany there--wild peony Somewhere in the bleached region of clouds and cirrus a Phantom is at play, singeing cattle, lifting shingles not on farmhouse roofs. An enormous ball of phosphorous bourns ...