the unexpected gift of a rainy day in summer
gray clouds slumbering swells of summer
a crooked-winged bird limping on the gravel
the unexpected gift of a rainy day in summer
how it lulls, how it fumbles every set intention
an earwig crawling from an orange pepper
a foot muddied, a puddle raveled up the curb
the unexpected gift of a rainy day in summer
stiff-necked stare toward a slow wind, legs
lumbering. so it is how you grew tired.
and how you stretched your arms and scooped
air, and how you grew toward the burbling river.