Rainy Day
By Norma Cole
restricted extremities during thought flight
sensitive documents: the market, the fire
like weather balloons in gear
or a plate glass window in the pavement
monuments exist like moments
such as not not measuring the world
by measuring bananas, bankrolled
by measuring the madrigals, the vivid contests
that could have been avoided by
burrowing spiral galaxies, bananas or banners
each one measuring a dollar, a wish
fishing for exits, resting or resisting
Copyright Credit: Norma Cole, "Rainy Day" from Alibi Lullaby. Copyright © 2025 by Norma Cole. Reprinted by permission of Omnidawn Publishing.
Source: Alibi Lullaby (Omnidawn Publishing, 2025)