It's midnight downtown.
It's been raining for days

Rain beats down.

It covers the streets with its sparkling skin.

In the deli purple light

A woman in a party dress pays for some milk

Yellow cab stops for a light

Two men in black hats are running

A messenger on a bike


Steam rises, covers the city.

Pieces of old newspaper float like paper boats

They slide along the rushing water in the gutter.

Rainy days. Rainy nights.

Rain falls down and covers the city

It falls from fabulous heights.

Covers the streets with its sparkling skin.

-Laurie Anderson