Evening Shower (for Tom)

[ellajam]

I like the whole of it, "cascade of congenial inconsonance" especially gave me a grin.

Rain streaks
across the page,
melting my metaphors
with the mercurial abandon
of a precocious child: no great loss
as my phrases were as empty as the glass
that held my last portion of Scotch. I lay my head
upon the table, and fall asleep to the sotto voce
cascade
of congenial
inconsonance
in this unexpected
evening shower.