They brought the two dogs
back onto the balcony,
hushed them at their feet
A few minutes before,
the August storm scattered hats,
exploded the umbrellas
of people dashing to and fro
on the streaming sidewalks
The temperature wisped
back down into the low 80’s
as fast as the cars they watched
splashed through the streets
Oversized in lawn chairs,
she in tube top looking right,
he in undershirt looking left,
they wondered aloud about where
all those people were going
in such a stampede