Clouds Like an Ice Shelf Clouds like an ice shelf; then, higher, a narrow window of blue beneath more swirling clouds. Winds tear the blooms off the gnarled magnolia tree and among the leaves of the taller gumtrees the winds roar in one’s ear; the wall beyond the garden creates an echo effect as if a jet plane were landing in those trees. And then, in fact, ending the illusion, an actual jet plane appears in the sky, and slides in slow motion beside the shelf of cloud, trailing its roar like the wind, until that motion makes time seem…