Monday, May 2, 2022

Waits
Every night I listen to the rain,
Sometimes it falls gently on my rooftop
Other times it presses hard against my window
I sleep easily to the sound of rain
like the rumble of a downtown train,
drops roll down in narrow streams
like waving dreams under umbrella trees
African elephants
Crying whales
Who awaits this reverie?
I sleep easily under the sound of rain,
and see drowning men as heart broke sailors on a downtown train,
and their forgotten women like wavy dreams...they take shelter from a crying shame

 

 


 
 
 

2 comments:

Brother Ollie said...

rain and window rattling wind - best to keep sleeping

- I've been listening to Dylan, maybe I should fire up some Waits.

Square Corner said...

Girl from the North Country--Johnny Cash cover. Wow...