Rain in Carlmont

Even in the burbs,     where all nature
is trimmed and     suspiciously tidy,
(well, except my yard,     wild and weedy)
even in the     Carlmont strip-mall
parking lot, pavement     and planter boxes,
the smell of a     first rain is sweet.

The Thing

It's cold, if not     Antarctically
on 16th St     this December,
but Roxie popcorn's     a remedy for that,
and a full house     of humans.
                                But Horror!
This is no 5     Nights at Freddy's,
this movie's disturbed     and disturbing--but staring
into the abyss     my kid is bouncing!
Tooth and tentacle     and terribly recycled
doggish design--     and doom from beyond.
Gimme a flamethrower.     Oh ghoulish joy!