Passage From: Page 127 of Holes by Louis Sachar
Passage from Novel:

There was a change in the weather.
For the worse.
The air became unbearable humid. Stanley was drenched in sweat. Beads of moisture ran down the handle of his shovel. It was almost as if the temperature had gotten so hot that the air itself was sweating.
A loud book of thunder echoed across the empty lake. A storm was way off to the west, beyond the mountains. Stanley could count more than thirty seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder. That was how far away the storm was. Sound travels a great distance across a barren wasteland.

Found Poem:

There was a change
for the worse.
The air became humid
Beads of moisture ran down
the handle of his shovel
it was almost as if
the air itself was sweating
thunder echoed across the empty lake
a storm beyond the mountains.
Thirty seconds between the flash
and the thunder
Sound travels a great distance
across a barren wasteland.

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