Types of Rain


1) in sifting from clouds to earth, turns to white balls,
striking children down like wrath
.
2) evaporates in the shimmy of the air
before they reach the sidewalk in July
.
3) causes older women to stay indoors in November,
draw back the curtain and sigh at the window
.
4) leaves sparse comet craters
in the dust between
rows of August corn
.
5) serves to cleanse the hands
despite what clings under the fingernails
.
6) falls on the face and offer no relief
.
7) spatters like a sprinkler in June
when everyone is in their bathing suits
out on the lawn
.
8) strikes solely and mythically on TV,
encouraging a tree to part a house,
a pole to blend violently with a car
.
9) taps on frozen wooden roofs
to remind you that you are
finally inside: warm, dry