soak

"Atmospheric river" she said,

and "horizontal rain,"

and I mistook them for the same thing

 

water floating sideways through the air

flowing around her,

her body wriggling and sliding

from street to street,

it's soaking into her

 

til she gets home

where she plays KEXP

and records on Sundays,

 

warmer water, softer in the air

flowing around her,

her body wriggling and sliding

from room to room,

it's soaking into her