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Q - Drawing

By gouri_guha

Wed, 15 Sep 2004
  • 877 reads
 

The sky
pelted
raindrops
on roof
tops
and
battered
the glass
panes
pitter-patter
rhythmic
notes
floating
in the
air.

Sitting
at his table
the
child drew
the arc
and
spread
in
combination
the
ROYGBIV
crayons
and

a mirror image
visible in
the sky

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