Tuesday, April 15, 2025

April 15: thanksgiving and rains finally come

 

thanksgiving and rains finally come 

out of the thatch float browned patches 

muddy bald spots a splotchy patchwork

so much waiting for this rain so much worry 

that the dryness would overtake us all with

chapped lips scratchy throats dried nostrils 

all because the rain held itself back from us 

and this morning it fell incessantly bone cold 

i felt its sting that frizzle a soothing sound 

almost december and i am fifty now and

something starts to expand for a moment 

the sun shows itself then reclines into dusk


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