-17 November past-

the Leonid meteor shower was anticipated

but fell behind an overcast sky last night.

I went outside anyway.

maybe one will break the flint of atmosphere,

crackle like sulfur, piercing the low-lying cover.

It'll scratch the eyeballs of Earth if it does.

It's a cold, relentless drizzle of rain which calls
my passion into question.

I consider the latest weather application

but I don’t want my phone to get wet

so it stays in my pocket.
besides, nobody calls at 2:15 in the morning.

well, not the way they used to.

I'll retreat to the house, towel-swipe my thinning hair

then drift to sleep imaging the Leonid meteors
streaking behind the denseness of the pall above me
comforted in the knowledge that

the falling tree in the forest makes a sound

when nobody’s there because, damn it, it just does.