First Summer Shower

She came Without a warning This afternoon I had snoozed In the sultry summer heat She clapped her hands In a thunder bolt Startled I awoke Or so I thought My neck and chest In a paroxysm of sweat And there she was The first summer rain Dancing on roof-tops To a music That only silly gods conceive I lay there unable to move My limbs in motor paralysis Beautiful is her dance Let her perform The distant mountains smelt In the wafting winds Of herbs, earth and forlorn love And this night I would sleep My face pressed Into a smelly pillow Her dark locks That smell a primeval past Thank you summer rain You are a dream In which seeds buried conceive A greenery and dreams That man can never ever deserve