we took shelter in the archway
both of different lives
strangers to each each other
we watched the hailstones
crashing on the floor
i took a stone
that leaped towards me
into my mouth
and let it melt like a sweet

you puckered your mouth
and laughed and laughed
the wind
didn’t reach my lappet
and the rain
hardly wetted your shoes

why did you
take my hand
and pull me out under the open sky
where the hail
smacked bumps on me
and where the rain
glued the white dress to my body
and compromised me
and compromised me
and compromised me
and compromised me
and compromised me
and compromised me
and compromised me