Saturday, 10 August 2013

Rain (August)


On the platform where the bitumen dips and pedestrian yellow prickles undulate little puddles widen as their source places expanding circles on the shiny surfaces.

On one side of the carriage the windows are crisscrossed with little sprays while on the other side the windows are speckled with droplets of light and grey, joining and flowing downwards under their combined weight and the speed of the train.

The concert ovations went all night when he emerged from his dreams of long coats and umbrellas anywhere in the world tonight to the warmth of the dark undeniable first world of his enduring habitation.

Overnight the roof sound was steady and this morning already the creek has risen to the grass, breaking banks and collecting more from the skies as it swirls brown toward inevitability.

Wipers in the blaze of white water push clear to serve clarity and every contour directs abundance across the camber and into Hoddle Street storm drains in sprays of hurry.

The slates of Collingwood turn black in the day and warehouse peaks and corrugations and solar panels of Richmond and terracotta tiles of Jolimont and tarmac tops of CBD glisten and whiten and flood.

Little streams down the tram grooves and against window settings and along the centres of leaves in canopy downward are cleaning up their act, the miles of gutters and downpipes, the birds will be happy.

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