The Rain
August 3, 2007
steel-gray thunderheads
dubious in the morning
wet on the windows
Sun barely peeking
from the music,
bootsoles in a rainbow puddle
everyone huddled under
a silver canopy —
morning lights out
wet papers folded
on a bus seat;
rainwater moustache
sunshower licks the
windowpane silent…
internal steam a forgery
blue rag curly mop
t-shirt floating in
droplets dappled
hoods cover hats and
matted melon hairs —
wicked sun with sky
fire hydrant wet yellow
planted on the corner
pulling a smoke
mailbox wethair slickback
double postage
may keep you dry?
oiled puddle jumper
looking for the 1/4” pool,
cups his smoke; lighter
Vignette #219
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StreetRag ::: An Urban Notebook
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About
StreetRag is an urban weblog and podcast about the city of Edmonton, which is located in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is authored by Edmonton-based writer, web advocate, and poet Michael Gravel and is updated frequently with written urban vignettes, amateurish photographs, deuteronomous audio material, barely coherent musings and rambling ecumenical treatises. StreetRag is a love letter to a lonely prairie burg struggling with its big city ambitions and small-town feel.
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The City
The city is Edmonton. It's a subject, not a passion. E-Town is almost universally derided by outsiders as an unlivable tundra wasteland populated by oil-hungry redneck conservatives who despise the arts. All of that is true. But it's not the whole story. There is beauty here. Dusty snowfalls. Brilliant summers. A stunning river valley. A diverse arts community that flourishes. It's a place that inspires a gray relationship - not all good, not all shitty. For that reason alone it is lovable, for what is life but a grayscale?
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Rich
Who you calling dubious in the morning? Nice little “nuggets” you have here.
Aug 03, 2007 • 09:43