rain
rain
so much rain
pounding on the walls
overpowering the sermon
as soon as service is over
the little amount of children at
church
bolt for the door
they stick their heads under the
drain pipe
soaking their hair
they run against the river that
flows from the drain pipe
the parking lot is flooded
perfect for kicking and
splashing
the ditches have flooded up to
their knees
perfect to sit in and splash
they drop a toy into the spout
of a pipe
and watch it float down the
stream
the waterflow from the pipes
on the roof
are beautiful twisting and
turning
and they take a second to look
before running out to play
whenever theres lightning
they run and they scream
hiding under a roof
only to run back out once its
gone
their shoes are soaked
as well as their clothes
the youngest runs through the
parking lot
in her princess ballerina dress
yelling “freedom” and dancing
they are constantly yelling
and laughing
and splashing
their mother comes out
to tell them to stop
“youll get ringworm” she says
before one of them begins to
sing
“ring worm ring worm ring
“around the wo-orm”
to the tune of ring
around the rosey
their mother pulls up the car
and the children climb in
soaking their seats
one cut his foot
and dropped his shoe in a
puddle
another left her shoes
outside
near the ditch
the third sits in the back
his hair and clothes completely
soaked
as the oldest tries
to get the youngest
in her car seat
she thinks
“how nice it is to be
“a child
“again”
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