The rain came
in waves
to the desert.
The ground was
as hard as the
concrete sidewalks
and harder than
black-top
roadways.
The rain ran
over the ground
into gullies
carrying desert
debris away
to storm drains
and then down,
down, down.
He watches it all
wash away
and thinks he
will stay
in the desert at
least another day
to watch a flower
bloom, an aquifer
fill and a coyote
lap water from
a puddle along
the way.