Rain-taker

Can I take

one minute of heavy rainfall

and splatter it on my face

Can I do that, and maybe twist you

Maybe convince you

 

that leaving me is not a good idea

here in this hole in Queens

here alone with a knife and

sticky keys -

here before school starts,

loans hit and world

falls down -

 

Can I take one minute of this same rain

that we ran from -

into the Columbian restuarant, into the mall -

A minute of rain

and a minute of your time...

 

All the flights are canceled

except, of course, for yours

Right there, right on time,

a streak of white in the

center of red text

on the departure board.

 

A minute of rain

and a moment of your time -

I'm used to your complaining by now

I'm used to your sense of righteousness

by now.

I'm used to

you

by now.

 

the disgruntled businessmen

wait on standby.

 

You sing goodbye songs

the rain begins to clear

the clouds part for your plane alone,

now

 

Alone.