Seventeen Raindrops

Seventeen raindrops
Were caught by the spiders web
Under the ivy

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The kettle boils
As rain patters the window
My daughter giggles

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Tiny specs of dust
Dance in a shaft of sunlight
As I sweep the floor

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Slate roofs wet with rain
Houses outside my window
Fresh spring morning

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Garden after rain
A swarm of happy greenflies
Dance above the grass

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Summer morning rain
Reminds me of childhood again
Breathe in the fresh air

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Perennials cast
Crooked shadows across the
Sweltering tarmac

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Swallows flit and glide
Playfully through twilight skies
The breeze carries dreams

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Silhouettes of leaves
Fluttering in the spring breeze
Carry me back home

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The smell of manure
Along with the summer rain
Rich bird song delights

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Picking the greenfly
From the arm of my t-shirt
With finger and thumb

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Slapping my ear
With the tips of my fingers
Two slow for the fly

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Ricochet of ball
Against the brick garden wall
A lazy summer