Rain

Waiting to come home

Seascape Study with Rain Cloud (1827), John Constable

As a kid I liked to imagine what might happen if rain fell up instead of down, if it rained from the ground instead of the sky. We’d wear our pants cinched at the ankles. Errant flyers would hop around like frogs. Hard storms could levitate the lawn furniture.

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I really don’t like rain and it’s been ra…