{"id":11297,"date":"2026-04-24T07:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:08:50","slug":"when-the-rainstorm-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/when-the-rainstorm-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Rainstorm Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The principal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">said she wanted to have sex<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the back of her tiny pickup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when a <em>Sometimes a Great Notion<\/em> level<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rainstorm walloped Waldport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was her favorite novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was kind of a Hank Stamper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in her own modern way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She&#8217;d pull the tailgate down,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">throw open the canopy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shove her surfer shit to the side,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we&#8217;d dive onto the yoga mat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rustle up some moldy blankets,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">she&#8217;d wrench up the tailgate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">slam down the canopy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with a super <em>clank!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wanted to hear the cannonade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of rain smashing into the canopy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the shaking,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">screws unscrewing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">clamps unclamping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe rollers on the ocean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mixed in the soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She didn&#8217;t want to hear anything human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her husband wouldn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were swingers anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the rainstorm hit,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and school wasn&#8217;t in session (!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">she&#8217;d text me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would race to the parking lot overlooking Alsea Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">if I don&#8217;t get stuck behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an RV or log truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What happens if it&#8217;s light outside?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Or the parking lot is full?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All the better she says.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We&#8217;re going to make our own country song!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With no lyrics!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rainstorms came and went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It never happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it had, no poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mystery over planning,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The principal said she wanted to have sex in the back of her tiny pickup when a Sometimes a Great Notion level rainstorm walloped Waldport. It was her favorite novel. She was kind of a Hank Stamper in her own modern way. She&#8217;d pull the tailgate down, throw open the canopy, shove her surfer shit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-poetry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}