I Stand in the Rain
can’t you hear the thunder?- “You shut up!”
- one gold, one black
- brown skin and a flat skull
- Leonard is a strange person
I stand in the rain, gazing at the man beside me. Leonard is a strange person, but undeniably attractive. His eyes entrance me, one gold, one black, nestled in brown skin and a flat skull like faberge eggs in an ornate display case.
I try to tell him I love him, but he leans in close. “Can’t you hear the thunder?” he whispers in my ear, making me shiver. “That rumbling is Zeus’s way of saying ‘You shut up!’ to us mortals.”
I try once more to speak. Leonard’s ornately colored eyes hold mine and he lays his finger across my lips. “Shhh,” he breathes, “you don’t want to anger Zeus.”
And he’s right. I don’t. I lean in and press my lips to his just as a bright bolt of lightning illuminates the sky.