In the end of night
Sun leathered magnolia leaves
Resound to beats of rain
Set grass blades to shivery dance
Cracked soil swells, fills, closes quenched
Droplets pool in hollows
Shimmering sheets cover all
Border foliage floats
On the rising flood.
.
Earthworms
Souls from the very depths
Swollen, pale pink, choked
Join the engorged slugs
Adrift.
.
Hungry
Blackbirds wake
Throw yellow beaks open
To herald the dawn
.
CLP 01/11/2018
