but the cars actually like it when it rains.
They like splashing through the puddles
and using their wipers and defrosters
with their radios turned down low.
They like the way the water just slides
right off them as they ski on hydroplanes
how refracted light makes blurry paintings of them
everywhere they go. Their pride in showing off
to perfection their brakes and inside environment control
is something to behold. Even slow cars, even rusty,
one-eyed cars that are old, can’t help but put their shine on
when the rain starts to unfold.
Poem: ANNETTE MARIE SMITH is a poet, freelance journalist, and artist. She is the founder of the international feminist project Facing Feminism. Her two most recent books are Tell the Bees, a collection of love and lust poems, and She Wanted Storms, a collection of short stories and poetry. She is happily at work on a novel of magical realism set in Saint Paul.
Art: JEREMY DOWNIE is an artist whose interdisciplinary practice embraces a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, and mixed media. Most recently, he has experimented with mixed media paintings on surfaces considered throwaway or transitory; they range from newspaper, wood, cardboard, and city maps to more conventional watercolor paper and canvas.
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