October 30, 2019Poem
The pitter-patter of rainfall
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The pitter-patter of rainfall
A soothing blend of
Natural rhythms
The hiss of water
Adding
A relaxing ambient
Backdrop
To solid air
Heavy with migraine
Inducing humidity
A sheer wall
A perpendicular ocean
At high tide
With sorried, sodden birds
As bedraggled
Bathers
In wetsuits
Squawking in protest
At the desecration
Of spring-cleaned nests
Washed away
In the deluge
The dry gulch
Overflowing,
A cascade of dirt
And half-drowned rats
Bodysurfing
On rotten wood,
Tumbling down toward
The sea
Its helter-skelter
Progress
A god’s eye view
From a sheltered balcony
Over a cup of tea
And a Garibaldi.