It's raining, raining hard
A scruffy, lost dog's walking in the dark
My jeans, jacket, sneakers are all soaked
but it is fine - the darkness, the rain
the slow traffic and the cold.
I enjoy it all, the deserted Main is a set
and the rain – the main character I bet,
the one who makes these little creeks on both sides of the street
yellow and black under the yellow street lights,
build up, get bigger, at the corner they meet
then disappear in the thirsty drain shafts
I am just someone who's gone out to see that play, ...