Poem 53: District of Columbia, May 2005

District of Columbia, May 2005

A slow rain, insipid and vague, 

Fizzes on glistening sidewalks, 

Releasing soft, tepid steam,

And refracting a golden glow 

Of laughter, lingering dinners, and

Tender tuckings-into-beds.

Shushing the faintly-amber night

It swathes the world in silk

And sequins, luring

Each innocent blade of grass 

Wondrously upward, until, 

In unison, they sidle through 

The planet's crust and inhale 

The wet-rubber musk of 

A rainy morning

In the city, in May.

(c) 2013, by Hannah Six

Orchard Lane, in Georgetown, Washington DC

Poem 53: District of Columbia, May 2005