Tapping metal roof
Pigeons playing in puddles—
New Year’s Day rainstorm
Slow, gray morning dawn
Sidewalks slick with matted leaves —
ensuing panic
The muttering birds
Swaying in the bare branches—
January rain
Walking empty streets
Sheltering from the virus—
Lights in the windows
Rusted chain link fence
Tattered yard signs and dead plants—
Rain and yellow grass