IN THE RAIN

He walks in the rain. He's in no hurry at all.

The drenched railing glistens. The trees

are black with a hidden red. An old

bus tire is discarded in the sheepfold.

The blue house is significantly bluer.

So that's how nothingness is lessened. Rocks fall.

Hands clench. An unused envelope

floats in the river. Perhaps

your name is written on the other side.