city rain paints rainbows around haloed lights

splashes colors that confuse in the addled dark

Iridescent, luminous, neon screams

 

hurtling through streets saturated with primary hues

streaming whites of glaring headlights

blind us to what might come

 

drizzling drops, rivulets forming streams

red streaks along the pavement

obscure, abstract visions in a deluge

 

colors fade with the dissipating storm

a world that changes green to stone

returns once more to ashen grey