and the rain came down THICK and
MEAN and
STEADY
and you HEARD it banging against
the roofs and into the ground
waterfalls of it came down
from roofs
and there was HAIL
big ROCKS OF ICE
bombing
exploding smashing into things
and the rain
just wouldn't
STOP
and all the roofs leaked-
- From We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain by Charles Bukowski http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/charles_bukowski/poems/13080.html