I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery cry. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark To ignorance revealed. What am I?

Why this works

This riddle uses clever imagery and metaphor to describe lightning. The phrase "yellow fork" refers to the jagged, fork-like shape of lightning bolts, while "tables in the sky" suggests thunderclouds from which lightning descends. The "awful cutlery cry" evokes the loud crack of thunder that often accompanies lightning strikes. Additionally, the "apparatus of the dark" points to how lightning illuminates the night sky, revealing things that are usually hidden in darkness, thus exposing ignorance and mystery.