Calling for rain
Jun. 26th, 2003 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaneramosthe trees are calling for rain—
horse-chestnut, maple and elm
in a row against the hot blast
raising limbs restlessly
shade their faces
displaying unexpected undersides of leaves
pale as the pink palms of brown hands
windows above the street
shut tight against heat
air machines mutter with cars
stirring dust from the gutter
pavement dissolves into distance
horizon shimmers into haze
clouds stick with glare
and sky gets dirty
around edges of the afternoon
drenched drivers
with pasted backs
pale apartment people
stripped down
behind blinded windows—
the trees are calling for rain
palms upturned to feel
a scent of damp in the wind
a rumour of lighting
© Van Waffle, 2003
horse-chestnut, maple and elm
in a row against the hot blast
raising limbs restlessly
shade their faces
displaying unexpected undersides of leaves
pale as the pink palms of brown hands
windows above the street
shut tight against heat
air machines mutter with cars
stirring dust from the gutter
pavement dissolves into distance
horizon shimmers into haze
clouds stick with glare
and sky gets dirty
around edges of the afternoon
drenched drivers
with pasted backs
pale apartment people
stripped down
behind blinded windows—
the trees are calling for rain
palms upturned to feel
a scent of damp in the wind
a rumour of lighting
© Van Waffle, 2003
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Date: 2003-06-26 03:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-26 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-26 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-26 05:53 pm (UTC)And of course, the fact that I echo the sentiments doesn't hurt either . . .
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Date: 2003-06-27 01:11 am (UTC)needless to say, we echo your sentiments here.
5th year or drought, and it's alread a desert.
~paul