Don’t speak to me of raindrops

(June 10, 2010)  “Why do I have to imagine this?”

Rain hitting the metal roof of the doublewide

(A redwood branch could fall down in this wind)

(Crush us in an instant)

In the mirror I am washing my face

(so familiar)

What if I wasn’t here
wasn’t looking in the mirror
wasn’t washing

It’s night

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Comment / By Dawn / June 13, 10:34 p.m.

Wanted to express my deep appreciation: this poem moves me more each time read. So evocative I look in the mirror to see if that poet is washing her face in the shadows over my shoulder…Thank you.

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