Rain in Riverside

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Rain in Riverside

by

Michael H. Nguyen

 

What a strange sight

            to watch it rain in Riverside

                           starting so often with just

a drizzle

 

drops dripping from sparsely spread clouds

falling periodically           it coats

the oil slick streets

 

            a pan heated three times over

                        fried from the summer sun

            has residue caked

 

            until moisture spreads slowly

and the beat multiplies            a cacophony

 

until

            slowly the streets

release into the air       that smell

the smell of home

                smells of wet paint

      at the start of spring

 

and I know

            it doesn’t sound like much

 

but if the drizzle manages to gain momentum

            we’ll see the clouds cover

our dirt brown hills

and soon

            we’ll be soaked

 

and shit           it might not be

san diego san fran LA

but my city too

                   has amazing sights

 

this city of debris

               swept swiftly

is a sight to see

when we’re drenched

in

greenery