{to define a rainy day}

a single button on the collar of a shirt
traced down to a hand
in the pocket
of a pair of jeans
just a simple pair of jeans.
where baseball fields were more than baseball fields
and birds flewmere specks from the window where we watched.
a woman walked past.

her hair was frizzy from the pouring rain.

home plate floated in the muddy groundwater.
wandered towards the chain link behind.
speeding cars and puddles overplayed the soundtrack
of community


but we didn't mind


stumbling in the meadow 'cross the street
arms linked
strides in muddy unison



like we were
just



something else.