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 Poet in the Rain

 

It’s lunch time.

He’s in the park.

Two people sit amid the raindrops,

He and She,

Bookends, gargoyles,

Wackos as far as anyone can tell.

 

They listen as he reads

In great, resounding rhythms,

Pours himself out toward

The low-slung sky.

 

They are It.

Not one more soul.

Even the bums from the far side

Have hidden in fear of his

Thundering words.

 

We should send him to Iraq.

They could use the rain.

 

I can’t watch --

He’s one of my own --

But my presence only accentuates

The empty benches,

The moss-covered trees.

Even the pigeons have fled

To less-demanding rains.

 

I retreat into the Dollar General

Across the street.

Every aisle bustles with someone,

Someone looking for something

The poet can’t provide.

The lines are long –

Their waiting faces etched with poetry.

 

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