Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri > never as weak as they seem > *prepare to withstand (yet another) deluge*
precipitate sky /descends, in frayed / cornflower-silk whisps / the rapacious earth / and velvet perennials / a welcoming verdure
The most polarized parts of our political society believe vehemently in their patriotic version of America and would prefer to exile their adversaries in order to attain their vision; yet, by their contradistinctions, define America.
antecedent frame of wood perennials = portrait of a city
supernumerary, specter sky / *haunts* / garish remnant