Comes and Goes

crackless concrete sidewalks 

where tricycle became bicycle

where wobbling black tires spun zeros

I’ve since forgotten how to ride

asphalt chalk scribbles : Zen murals : eternal etch-a-sketch

Rain comes and goes

only gutter algae left

back before mom cried

Mimi used to drink from there 

running running running running water across pebbled tongue 

which licked my knuckles – rough but kind

Rain comes and goes again today

I pray that

pregnant air

might weep

and wail     until 

it is finished