It Rained Today
It Rained Today
It rained today
Breaking the strangling heat
But it wasn’t a cleansing rain
It didn’t dilute the colour of our skin
Or wash away the blood on our streets
It just soaked
The lonely man erecting barricades
So that McCars could McQueue for McBurgers
As consumerism kicked back in
And the deluge began
The air felt clearer though
Cracked and cooler
As though the furnace had been doused
Leaving behind a greasy film
Of dirty drain water
It will be a lonely rain
That drives the foolish back indoors
From baking crowded beaches
That dampens heath fires
Caused by careless barbeques
And we will sit
And watch the raindrops chase each other
Down unwashed dusty windows
Leaving tracks like tears
On a clown’s face