Quixote and the Lightning

Parasol, parasol
Umbrella, umbrella
Parapluie, parapluie

Smart folks stay indoors
or head for high ground.

Being smart is just one
of 100 things

they don’t accuse me of
anymore.

Umbrella, umbrella
Parasol, parasol
Parapluie, parapluie

Smart folks stay in bed,
knowing what rain is good for.

Being yours is just one
of 100 things

they don’t accuse me of
anymore.

Parasol, parasol
Umbrella, umbrella
Parapluie, parapluie

Every year this time
the rainy season

moves in,
the thunder

the lightning
the wind.

Then, I know it’s time
to raise my 9-iron aloft

and ride alone
across the plain.

Then, I know it’s time
to feel the way

I felt about you
again

again.

–July 2017