jd87: Relentless Raining

by Josh Delman

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2009: January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September

Relentless Raining FICTION

It had been raining relentlessly, maybe five days straight, and the whole thing had a very palpable air of expectancy. It all seemed to be building up to something. Most people sat in their homes, afraid to go outside, fearful that the rain would make their cars slide around freely, randomly, like a slick ice cube on a table. Or maybe the rain would make their kids ill, or worse yet, completely transform them; the children would go outside wearing some kind of brand new, shiny outfit, and when they came back in they’d be dirty and there would be grime underneath their fingernails and their hair would be tussled and unkempt, and they’d speak foreign tongues and hack all the living room furniture to bits with axes. Plus, there was the lightning and thunder – the kind of thunder that rattles your brain in your skull, the kind that wakes you up in the middle of the night, all hot and wet, and makes you pray for forgiveness. Even the telephone poles were freaking out. ♦

May 4, 2009

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