clove oil
sprayed on every surface
saves objects from
the relentless armies
of fungus and mold.
who knew the kinds
of things that grow?
little hairs of filaments
gentle dust of spores
if D sprays clove oil on
their old watercolors,
the pigments may change.
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two unseasonable
april showers later,
the mulch is dry again.
but the air nearly hums
with all that held water.
this is where we will live,
in a see-through soup,
until different days arrive.
the rain is many-hoofed
and persistent. the rain likes
to be heard, to be felt, through
the creases in your raincoat,
in the ankles of your shoes.
the rain knows you are asking
yet again: who will i be
this monsoon? how will i love?
will it make sense, all the turns
taken in dry months? will it
make sense, the endless days
turning to dust in my fingers?
the rain is thrilled
to blur your vision again
to fill your mouth with water
if you ask too hard
and do not sit in the silence
of thunder and rain-hooves
your skin wet but finally
feeling again