Thursday, August 23, 2012

Rainmaker




It started to sprinkle as I stepped onto the porch.
But this far into the drought I didn’t turn back for an umbrella.
I dared the sky to soak me to the skin as I headed for the river.
But the dark gray cloud came to nothing more than a tease.
I’d like to think the sky was bluffing,
but I suspect it didn’t even notice my play,
walking defiantly through the dusty alley.
I’m not the master at this game,
but only one of us can die laughing.

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