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Yesterday's Rain
If the rain won't stop, then I will--
ingrained mantra of all
but the very young who
splash with abandoned care,
ducklings in puddles
with no umbrellas but the
ones that make them
take flight in the wind,
mother geese nearby, war paint
melting off their faces,
next to mallard ducks in funny suits,
time stopping in their hands,
all trying to take cover,
and the ducklings
stop too,
because their parents never
looked so lovely
as they do right now
with the pretenses and
the pretending removed,
like they were once kids too,
who splashed along in puddles
and enjoyed the rain of yesterday.
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