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the dry season has returned and it returns very subtly. at the beginning and end of the rainy season the sky opens up sporadically. at one point in the day the clouds will begin and one will be able to pick out a large, black, ominous looking beast hovering on the horizon. that cloud will make its way over our humble city and it will drench us for about 15 minutes. that is the beginning and end of the rainy season.

the middle is different. that cloud will cover the whole horizon and the storm will last for days.

i declare the rainy season to be over because it hasn't rained in a couple of days. normally it rains just about now, the end of the work day. the sky will grey and the lights on the motorcycles will all turn on. it's eerie how silent it feels with no more rain. i look on the rain with some nostalgia, some longing. now there will be the dust and the heat of the dry season. the dust will come in roaming gangs pulled by the wind in brown waves across the street. i will shower and it will pour off of me clog the drain.

no more flooded fields, no more rain, no more of that feeling, the same feeling you get in a horrible blizzard, of being trapped in a building because of a natural occurrence. no more of that excitement that builds up in your stomach as you stand at the front door to the university with other teachers talking about when the storm will end and whether or not we should just head out into the downpour. now there is only dull, clear skies.