Waiting Out the Storm

The day was one of muggy heat, 

ninety degrees in the shade.

I went to join a dozen or so other people

to swim at the Natatorium and was happy

to jump into the cool water.

Afterwards, the contrast between the

heavy humidity of the outdoors 

and that of the pool was marked.

 Not long after I got to the bus stop 

at Eskenazi Health, the clouds

rolled in with heavy winds and

drenching rain. Several folks and I

waited out the storm under the bus shelter,

enjoying the late summer lightning

and thunder.