The sleepy sog of Sunday

Rain came and cooled the woods

lone deer stands in your yard, finds nothing

and walks down the street

oblivious to road etiquette and traffic signs

No one plays basketball in the rain

dog walkers with rain coats, boots and umbrellas

smokers exiled to porches

watch the rain pour in sheets from the edge of roofs

Isolated bird calls in trees

muffled rhythm of water on leaves and downspouts

soothes in the sleepy sog of Sunday

you wait for your wife to wake and go for breakfast

10-20-19