no matter from horseshoe crabs by nelly was nervous

as the rain around me starts hammering
starts filling the beautiful thing we made
the splintered planks we hammered
are damp and saturated

and i could talk to you for hours
just rocking in the wake
these delicate hands are cupped
but water keeps on leaking out

i am cleansed in this rainfall
washing dirt, sawdust, and grime
little pellets of water
packed with smaller microplastics

after talking to you for hours
we may have forgot what else to say
and the rain that was so novel
is only getting us wet

no matter the costume
no matter the bad dreams
no matter the payload
no matter the cost

so as we sat there in silence
and i stared down at my feet
until you broke that silence asking
something i couldn’t really hear

so we just sat there in silence
as i stared down at my feet
until i broke that silence asking
“what the hell are we doing here?”

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