St. Patty

rain rain rain rain
the shamrocks
must be waterlogged
on this passionately gray
St. Patty's day.

It's ceaseless
this torrential downpour
on the rooftops drumming

oh, to have recorded the sound of rain if only for a minute
in my memory...

the earth is soaked
but most definitely green
as literally green as attired me

the roast is ready
and if you squint
you can see the leprechauns out dancing
in the middle of the street...

My favorite day of the year.

don't ask why it's that
may be the green
(an excuse to dress
in its every shade)
pinching (who doesn't
like pinching, besides
the one getting pinched?)
rainbows (or the end of
them, anyway)
and four-leaf clovers
(the best luck around)
or perchance it's that my blood
is Irish;
but however
whenever
whatever why,
my spirits today could travel high
up and up to light the sky.