A package arrived today
at my Albuquerque home.
The corners were damp.
The package was labeled Rain.
With a box cutter
I slit the tape and opened it.
What I first thought were packing peanuts
was a cloud.
The cloud filled
half the height of the box.
When I pulled the cloud out
it expanded and covered our ceiling.
It rained on the carpet
all through the house.
As rain pelted me
I looked in the bottom of the box.
I saw blackened cardboard
where lightning struck.
The house shock with thunder.
The guest room bed burned.
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