field note / 06:03 / dry edge
the air changes before the rain
Before / Arrival
The lane darkens by memory before it darkens by cloud. One blue stain loosens in the map corner, then another; window latches pause, birds tuck their sentences away, and the first damp mineral breath rises from the road.
tin roofs listening
silent bird / west gutter
Arrival / Downpour
Every roof becomes a drum skin. The gutters write in slanted silver. Names of streets dissolve into creeks, then reappear as if the city has been repainted by listening.
bucket full by the second verse
Downpour / Afterlight
The paper dries in pale islands. A low sun catches each puddle ring and returns the domain in fragments: mo — soon — org, the promise of rain filed carefully into the margins.