do you hear it
rain at the window
do you hear the lightened notes
of hammers on skin
tunnels fade into waterways
paths are shallow pools
we laughed at the word
damp
the understatement
all wet clothes, mops
and buckets
later he said he would have
fetched me in the truck yet
there is no vehicular access
don’t get wet, don’t get wet
again
we laughed
and carried on with the day patiently
ridding ourselves of the valuables
of no value
things from the past
james
so you know the pattern?
if the name has lowercase things
will continue a while and if uppercase
it has ended