Sitting in the car
waiting
as I stare
at the A&W
family
on the building
across the way
and wonder
what distracted
the artist
from the
consistency
they’d begun
Raindrops fall
to hit earth
in hard splats
splashing mud
around
until everything
is wet
and covered
in earthen bits
of soil
and droplets
of rain
that patter softer
than the rest
Warnings come
with the
raindrops
and the clouds
that cling
low
among the hills
promising
more wet
than
we’ll know
what to do with.
Get ready
for the flood