Rain Turning Into Showers

Listen I get up
in the morning's twilight.
The Sybil of Cumae
on channel 13
promises rain
turning into showers.
The Oracle of Delphi
on channel 4
forecasts a long commute.
Autumn's play of leaf fall
carpets the sidewalks
and storm drains
in slick sheets of rot.
No matter where I go
the sound of water,
running,
trickling,
splashing,
snaredrum rolling on metal,
follows me.
Away from the streets
and the tired expressions
of the city's worker bees,
the wildwood ground
soaks up the winter
in dark shades of green and brown.
I'll take you there.