9 September 2025
not so foreign
as the sound
of hesitant rain
over the smell
of the sea
now i can write this
sixty years late
(nothing has changed
but the date
and increasing
disorder)
– do the sums
steam engine
the boy who
never understood
yet got the answers
right
the girl who
wet her pants
on
purpose
deniability
is the rain
the original rain
the first time i heard it
hesitant as the first sin
and then the downpour
i had learnt it
by heart