lie down on the smooth footpath
it has been warmed by the sun for
many hours
lie down and feel the heat against
your back and the ants that begin
to crawl through your dry hair
relax
and read the sky
spread out your arms on the footpath and
gaze ahead
into the roiling black heavens
just wait there, wait until they
open upon you
gentle
and warm
and humbling
blotting circles pattern around you until the sky and the path are painted the same
but for a smiling rain angel where you lie
sheltering beneath you
and that strong, heady scent of petrichor that surrounds you
comforting
everything becomes wet
carbon, concrete, chlorophy