Rain


Somewhere near here
this chilly unthinking rain
patters Spring flowers
painting a respectful gloss.
In my grey city the same rain
rhythms neurosis,
breaking the web
of sun and luck,
battering me awake,
needling me to sleep,
sabotaging the geometry I've spun.

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