Vis-a-vis the rain

Vis-a-vis the rain, it is still falling
Today, relentlessly, and apropos
The wintery weather conditions
On the common are remnants of snow.
 

A crane buckets soft earth. Dots of red light
Like dragons' eyes pierce the misted window.
Seemingly, hundreds children get onto the bus 

In purple, green, orange, lime and yellow

Sit down Usher! Take your hood down.
They not concerned by this slush
or the peculiar meteorological conditions
Their voices chatter, living in now.