all at once it felt like rain
the certainty of it
  
the obviousness of it
the sky deepened

and the air cooled blue to grey
there was a slight speed in the breeze

and it rained

the summer’s first typhoon
almost a week’s worth it would turn out

the clouds uncoiled regathered
and poured all the more

afterwards
the world breathed and steadied itself

ginko nuts
now june green knocked to the ground

hyacinth
great ***** of petaled & powdered blue

i found the snake
coiled green in the weeds

right there
if you knew where to look
  
right there
if you were paying attention

it looked exhausted but its body shined
green upon green

black eyes bright and alive
and on me

what is your           pace
in this world?

what is your           place
in this world?

we knew it all  
would not
  
could not
be the same