Rainstorm

A single drop

plop  plop  plop

joining other drops

plopplopplopplop

plopplopplopplopplopplopplopplop

Suddenly the sky’s gone black and dark

as the rain keeps pounding hard

on the street, on the houses

battering windows, never fleeting

raining thicker louder quicker

in the city on the streets

water coming down in sheets

raindrops dropping, never stopping

until, until . . .

© Katherine Gallagher