Waterlogged Shoes
I went running in the rain today.
The clouds spit on my sweaty arms
And the saliva trickled down my leaves.
Sodden branches scattered the steaming asphalt
Like fences outside trenches or benches for the ants.
Soggy, swampy, slippery pine straw
Was the ice rink
And a swaying oak was the thundering arena.
I lowered my cadence out of safety,
Because I was running in the rain.