From Writing Notebook 2021, published in 2022.
939.
Through the car window
I see you. Are you crying?
Rain drips down the glass.
10/2/21
940.
This winter night floats
half a minute to midnight
The snow falls in rafts
11/15/21
941.
Glum as a toothache
who’s just grasped that the dentist
has expunged its home
11/15/21
Rain can hide many things – crying is just one…
Yes. And it is so often a metaphor for washing away emotions or memories.