I Saw the Rain Falling Last Night

It fell upon My neighbor’s house Not mine. I was dry the sky was soaking Looking where the rain was falling A sheet – no a wall of wet and Me outside of it. How? How and why this demarcation, This sharp exactness? I put my hand - my left hand Into the falling rain. It did not get wet Yet The downpour grew stronger Fell heaver and longer And I still dry Watching the falling curtain, Uncertain How this could be Happening? I called to my dog To come outside To look to see. She looked and stopped Wagging its tail. Then thunder clapped its ears, She ran inside under the coffee table. Thunder stuck me also The rain had fallen upon us A great ocean of it Just on us. Has this happened before? I had to wonder a lot. Back indoors Both damp and drying I think I overheard God laughing.