Sinking Feeling

There’s a grey city

with empty streets

and empty buildings

This is a soundless city

with no cars

and no alarms

this is also a rainy city

it’s mostly light rain

and it’s mostly sunny, too

no people

no birds

no life

but trees.

I dropped my hat there once

and chased it

as the wind danced with it

whisking it from street lights

to park benches

my body got shivers

as my hair got soaked

when the light rain

turned to a downpour

at once, the wind retreated

to where I can only assume

was its home

I grabbed my hat

and sat under the awning of a building

facing an overly cracked and worn basketball court

I watched the weeds living in the cracks

get pummeled by the rain

the rain never lightened up that day

and I was forced to sleep

in a city where the only person

that could be found

was watching weeds in cracks on basketball courts