RAIN

Rain lodges 

in a pulsed clumsiness

over the green hills
near a drinking fountain
for her cat

as this wanderer, Eloise,

with a lone guitar

is singing her narrative

a country western tune

(she made up in melody
and words

under her breath)

as the yearning stars

open the third heavens
for her until dawn

Eloise is a runaway
and trailblazer

who has returned

from a Texas cool spa

to visit her cowboy dad
in Arizona

miles from her home

where she left school

as she heard radio waves
on a quiet A.M.dawn

as voices give her
a dream to be a pop star

relentlessly giving out tunes

which she transcribes

on her strings

as she goes to her mail box

to finds her thank you

and bank notes

as gifts for her Sweet Sixteenth

even from her mom

as she has struck the keyboard

she realizes a time bomb

is waiting for her

to barnstorm the world

realizing it's not dot. com

that life affords
and describes in her song

that it's time to wake her up

advising what is heated
and sizing up
what's wrong

in all her minor chords
and that she will not
be defeated
but rewarded.