Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The magical properties of rain

 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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