Be Practical and her sister Be Realistic
welcome the
dousing of rain
because
it waters
the plants,
feeds the rivers
and
the birds need it
so.
but i,
i
welcome
the rain
because it is
the rain.
she with
her
pitter-pattering lullabye,
sung
drop by drop
on the tin roofed houses,
and the ground,
sloshed in drunkenness—
there my old dreams
and wishes
are alive,
flourishing,
frolicking naked,
in
the ground soaked through
-Jan Avellana, 2018