The Rain on my City

There really isn't a much nicer sound than the rain hitting the big city. The tip tip tap of the drops on the asphalt adds to the musical notes of the rains drops hitting the various other surfaces on the buildings. The sidewalks seem to give off a fresh smell when the rainwater saturates them. Better that than the other smells that can come off of the sidewalks. 

The gentle splash of the tires on the passing cars can be very soothing especially as time passes into the later hours of the night. To my senses, the splashes come close to how I would feel being on a boat and the waves slowly lapping on it's hull. 

The reflections of the halogen streetlights spread across the puddles that occupy the various potholes and dings on the city streets. Each giving off a oily sheen depending on how much motor oil and radiator fluid has been deposited by passing cars. The liquid looks very much like darker colors on a watercolor painting. Smeared, thick, and blotchy. 

As my friend Harper likes to say: It's nice when the city takes a shower. Yes it does my friend. Yes it does.

FH