drizzle shower
gentle drops, arriving individually
one-by-one, welcome
dot-dot-dotting the windshield
until my car picked up speed
down our steep Ihrig Road
splats now, group onslaught
across the width of the window
warranting wipers turned on
at least on delay
Stringtown Road asphalt blackened
nursery plants perking
maple leaves less dusty
soil between vast rows richer brown
mama osprey straddling her chicks
in the nest to feed them
as though providing shelter
as well as sustenance