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Afternoon Rain.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2003 | Skrzynecki, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
AFTERNOON RAIN 
 
   Rain fell lightly in the afternoon, 
   barely leaving the roadways wet 
   on the drive home-- 
   but damp enough for kilometres 
   of bitumen and concrete 
   to be covered with patterns 
   like maps in an atlas that could be read 
  ...

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