A Companion Poem to one I wrote a year and a half ago

The Original, 7/3/08

All of a sudden out of nowhere its fucking pouring out tappity tap snap sur la fenetre, the rumble of thunder threatening from inside, a flash of awakening comes and just as quick goes out leaving only rumblescrrata tat tat its not a beautiful city the more, I want to rain fuddled over with clouded heavens to mercatroy venus earth martians aliens étrangers (je ne retournerai pas chez moi til I fly there)

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A Companion, 2/22/10

All of a sudden out of nowhere it’s pouring out tappity tap pitter pat and it gives the glazed over eyes a little life back drip drap tipper tap takes but for a moment me out of that, roams me off to whence it came de grandes distances, and clink clinks makes for a beautiful silence and if you listen you can hear it all