rain dogs

she walked the streets at nightfall, no coat, barefooted, just letting the rain soak her through. men and women, hurrying home, touched her accidentally as they rushed by. crowded streets was what she looked for. all she had to do was to slightly stretch her arm out. just enough so that she'd feel a hand rubbing against hers. through the rain the flashlights of the cars were smudged into different shades of yellow and red, sometimes interrupted by someones body under an umbrella. she didn't really like umbrellas. they covered people up. coats and shoes did too. on some nights her feet would hurt badly. some abandoned piece of glass on the sidewalk happened to be in her way. abandoned people would get in her way too, but that didn't really hurt so much. as the streets became silent and scarce she´d take a turn on a chosen street. she'd go into a dark alley. those where accidents happen. she new she'd find someone just like her. no story, no past. no words. just a soaked shadow in the rainy night with an arm stretched out so that, maybe, it would touch her hand. just a silhouette without a coat on, without an umbrella and with scars on its feet...

"will i see you tonight? on a downtown train? where every night it's just the same, oh! baby. will i see you tonight? on a downtown train? all of my dreams, they fall like rain on a downtown train..."
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