thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's a stage” (Shakespeare). One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: “Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricatedmetaphorfor the crass, the materialistic...
THE LONG MONOCHROME OF WINTER REACHING FOR THE STARS BRUSHSTOKES OF COLOR STREAK THE DUSKY SKY JAGGED SPEARS OF LIGHTNING CRASH AROUND US WITH SUPERNATURAL ACCURACY SIMILES SMOKY WISPS CURL UP LIKE GENIES LIKE A GIANT STORM CLOUD OVER THE SEA DRIFTING LIKE CLOUDS LIKE WIND DRIVEN CLOUDS CLOUDS S...