Stormtroopers

tonight's rain infiltrated wings
of hydrogen-bonded commandos
descended in the darkness of things

the wind was ever their ally, just
sent them through narrow casements howling
a barrage of oxidative lust

they attacked across our window-panes
wreaked hell on roof tiles and bathroom floors
made incursions into the storm-drains

we slept through it all and into sun
day, the morning nuclear miracle
evaporated each and every one

in the morning the landscape appeared
fresh, the molecular infantry
mauled by massive firepower, cleared