One time, I took a picture of a fallen tree
on the road that had been seemingly struck
by lightning.

I thought it would be good
for an album cover
for a band that wasn’t really playing anymore.

I took the photo
and tried to record the album
for the band
which wasn’t really playing anymore.
I thought they might have one last album in them
(they’d only had one to begin with)
and though they did have one last album in them,
the album didn’t get made
so the photo languished in memory
and not in production anywhere.

It may not have been a particularly good shot
anyway.
Certainly
my photo editing skills
could have used some practice
to ensure that the shot was used well.

Maybe it’s just as well
the album was never recorded.

It would have been called
Lightning Strikes Twice.