I saw not
much of the rain
I saw not much of the rain
Though it fell and flowed
Down the drains and
Dripped
Through
Stone.

Sleeping eyes se little
Their lids hide so much from me.
Where were you slipped out of bed?
Slippered your feet and
On the back porch smoked
Solitary cigarettes staring at
The green brick wall of the next house.

My tears soaked through my pillow,
I said I was drooling.
What's disturbing your mind
That you won't tell me?

So the next night I was the one
Slippered cigarette smoker
The same green bricks glowing
Under the city's pale glowing sky.


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