the_promise_of_rain
raze
car
knifes
through
skittish gravel,
making
music
as
it
goes
.
a
voice
and
the
body
it
belongs
to
shrinking
to
a
murmur
,
a
pinprick.
blue
-grey
quilt
not
near
enough
to
touch
promises
a
small
flood
to
be
wrung
from
its
deepest
dermis
by
careless
hands
.
it
isn't
a
threat
when
there's
no
doubting
the
outcome
.
promises
are
perfect
swimmers, solemn
and
unknowable.
threats
are
kinder
things
.
250821
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from