last year's summer rain

never have I had
such a diligent lover
as the rain
who lets fall
tiny, cool kisses
all over my tired,
too-warm body, with
one thousand pricks of release
from the wet-heat suffocation
of plastic bag summer wrapped round my head,
of desert days following that grey gushing spring
and of stifling seclusion
from all thoughtful touch
standing, receiving, listening quietly
the wet drops are whispering
through every touch upon my ear
we
the rain
forever
falling
can only
will only
kiss only
you
.
(written last summer but posted now)...üä