like rain pounding 
its two-fisted anthem 
on every surface 
within earshot 
and closer—
an echo galloping 
with a crowd’s 
commotion, moving 
in a clatter of tin 
elbows and knees—
hands reaching  
as the snare of a 
truck’s headlights 
on a wet winding 
road finds rain
leaping in its down-
shift of wheels 
whistling a near escape 
into puddles full 
of moonlight. 
M.J. Iuppa's fourth poetry collection is This Thirst (Kelsay Books, 2017). For the past  29 years, she has lived on a small farm near the shores of Lake Ontario. Check out her blog: mjiuppa.blogspot.com for her musings on writing, sustainability & life’s stew.
 
 
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