rain_drop

here on this pre-summer day

when the thermometer rises beyond 80

I will be a rain drop

full of cohesive tension

holding it all together

able to fly through the air

float in the clouds

fall into a puddle

making never-ending

concentric conversation

 

I will be a separate rain drop

but better in communion

with others in a swift storm

or in lakes or streams

or maybe some sweat

on your brow

as the thermometer rises

pushing past 80 degrees

on this warm Alabama

pre-summer day

 

Pamela Olson, 4/23/09

 

For Read Write Poem’s

prompt, “put on another hat”

 

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