Rainy Season

I’ve never been one to prefer an umbrella. Don’t buy them, don’t walk under them if they’re offered. And today I never would have tasted the rain on my apple if I had been using one. It’s been raining for two days straight. There is usually a break in the rain when a strong sun appears for a good few hours of the day, but in the past 48 hours no such thing has happened. And so my laundry hangs limply across strings inside my house, gradually losing it’s clothing-like shape as it silently surrenders to the creeping mold and damp air.