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WELCOME RAIN
It’s back off time
Squeezing down to what
Can be done inside
Moving about in the car
And dashing out
Stubbing off each errand
A sort of glee to that
And rest from a routine
A short one filled with projects
That build up against the dam
Downstream somewhere
Ten days of planning assembling
Ordering picking up
Then they start or try to
Not before several more trips out
Needing one different screw
Bolts nut gas
Always something
After fits and starts it is
Underway and the sweat
Begins to pour
Tedium as the clock begins
To run is pushed back runs
I’m forced back inside
By the first drops and smile
Out through the window
At the familiar pattering
On the deck the occasional
Plunk on a leaf
It flutters for a second
Then is still as am I
A pervasive sense of calm
Soothes itself through my
Mind and body in a way
Like no other
When plans are cancelled
And we step into the void
Left behind or created
I just watch this friendly rain
For awhile
