anxiously waiting
for a second one to fall—
the sky went dark
as the front moved in, but
we didn't move—or notice at all.
The downpour was sudden
as the change
of our confusion
to a mood
of sheer relinquishment
and penitent compliance
as we gave up keeping track
of each split-
second oscillation
between the odd
and even counts of them
now landing all around—
these little reprimands
from heaven
to the acquiescent ground.
