If raindrops rhymed

Work in progress for this week.

1.
"If raindrops rhymed we would all be poets"
Instead, I pull mangled leaves of grass from muddy rivulets
smooth them dry upon blank paper
study the wet imprint;
my flesh prickles at the echo of distant thunder.

2.
"If raindrops rhymed, we would all be poets'.
Instead I pull mangled leaves from muddy rivulets
smooth them dry upon steaming asphalt
study the evaporating imprint.
My flesh prickles at the echo of distant thunder.