Rain (3)

Rain comes cleansing, cooling, piddling, spilling Trillions of dropsarriving uninvited Rain comes drenching, drizzling, dripping, swilling Down children's bonnets, coats, umbrellas, faces With wetness ignited It's the percussion element, Tinkling like tiny bells, rolling like drumbeats, faster Clattering over the cobbles, like horses without a master Wheeeeee it skates off rooftops Whooooosh it scours the gutters, makes boats of leaves Hup! It is ushering people into cafes and shops Whooooooop it is puddle-wonderful for wellies to splash up knees In picnics, sandwiches sog, rain turns a meadow to a morass Ping! The worms rise up to the swampy surface ofgrass Now everyone's sheltering The rain comes heltering skeltering Skittishly squirting from spouts Pouring down window panes like a waterfall Showering like grain on a drum Rain, ricocheting like bullets off every wall