Wednesday, September 16, 2020

after rain clouds






 after rain clouds


the drop that falls in

and carries all of what it is

made of all of what it has

passed through all of its film

like projections slipping from

its surface like a face

backing away from a mirror.


maybe receiving it means leaving

off the umbrella so that 

its falling will fall

on skin on fingers on cheek on tongue

and teeth and be soon

enough what it once was: 


blood then air then bird

a fever'd ululation

a shard of ice/dust coming up 

to the motion and rubbing

like frenzy is its entirety

tell me who without

umbrellas can help but be,

irrevocably, changed? 


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