There has been a lot of rain in my neck of the woods lately. Thunder, lightning, hail, impromptu rivers in the street-all of that, and it’s been awesome.
Seriously, rain is one of the best things about living on Earth and not on Mars. It takes you places.
A Trip Abroad
Today our tree-shaded sidewalks
borrowed some tricks
from their Italian forefathers,
transforming into rain-swept canals,
each following its own
separate current
to converge at a crossroads
in a gathering of tiny whirlpools.
A gondola might have come in handy.
Instead of heavy boots splashing,
groggy traffic interrupting,
we’d have all ridden to class in style,
patching our multicolored umbrellas together
to follow the rain’s path.
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