November 11, 1983 5:00 p.m. Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri


"Rain Prattle"

Dripping
Globules
	run silently along the edge
					then
fall steadfast into the puddle
Making a sound
	like Rain Prattle

Rain Prattle on the eaves
Rain Prattle on the billboards

Slipping
Memory
	run silently along the edge of time

fall		into the puddle
Making a sound
	like Rain Prattle

Flipping
Channels
	run silently across the dial
	the lonely tears fall into a puddle
Making a sound
	like Rain Prattle

Rain Prattle in an instant
Rain Prattle for an eternity

1983


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