umbrellas mushroom as the drizzle
accelerates from drip to drop
splish splash, the raindrops hiss and sizzle
the melting street a cooking top
the air, still thick with pregnant pauses
expels the acid from its veins
the drenched, so certain of their causes
won't let the rain dictate who reigns
the fever breaks, albeit slightly
prevailing upon cooler heads
those that can disagree politely
those seeing more than blues and reds
the torrent ends, as if by faucet
transforming into finer mist
I fold umbrella and then toss it
and practice opening my fist
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