Cicada hiss hot like steam coming off the blacktop

Rain is coming and they feel it deep within their thin shell of protection

The humidity circling around the air

Heavy like an anvil soon to fall from the sky

The world starts to become aware

She knows the thunderous clap

Of energy is to happen soon enough

Time to release that dangerous torrent

Of anguish pelted against the earth

Like gravel flung from squealing tires

The pressure in the back of my nose

Grows heavy and painful

My body aches before it, too, releases

Like the rain bursting from the clouds above

Soon it washes off me quick and slick