Thursday, October 19, 2023

 A Hard Slap of Rain By Michael Minassian


You once said I was better 
than
your favorite whiskey;
back then, the rain 
tapped on the windows
like a typewriter
in an endless paragraph
we wrote together.

Last night, each drop 
of rain sounded
like pebbles we threw 
in the lake:
a hard slap before 
they sank to the bottom—

The last thing you said 
as you poured another drink
was how you hated the rain;
maybe that’s why I left, 
climbing out the window 
to make my escape.






MICHAEL MINASSIAN is a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His poetry collections Time is Not a River, Morning Calm, and A Matter of Timing as well as a new chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, are all available on Amazon. For more information:
https://michaelminassian.com

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