All afternoon and evening the house was hot. I stayed inside somehow and read a great deal. I sat for a moment at sunset. From the new kiosk I looked down into the vegetable garden.
The sun had already set there, and the taro leaves and lemongrass glowed blue and purple through the green.
That night I woke up to loud thunder that made the house shiver, and pounding rain. In the morning I went out the see the world, and felt that something was different about it.
I felt as though all the dry time had suddenly passed away, and that the rains had returned. The rains kept strangers away and kept us locals in. I felt a sense of safety. My cat and I slept for a long time.
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