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Rain Bright-Stars

Thunder shakes its hide of rain.

Against the sky, rain retreats.

 

Rain makes some people lonely

but graces me like a scar.

 

Rain makes some people just wet.

Against your skin, rain bright-stars.

 

Rain drifts in deserted rooms

like a speaker suspended.

"Glisten, eyes, and rain freely."

 

At home flood-rain drowned my dog.

Shake your coat of rain, fly on.

 

Rain weaves weary paths like the

old Aurelian stone busts.

 

Forest rain drips, doesn't fall.

Rain runs down softly like a

colorful painted lasso.

 

Rain breathes on my window sill

like a loaded rifle. Rain

penetrates all skin and bone.

 

Rain is more serious than

a lover on his deathbed.

 

Rain can be pitiful like

glowing fire never dead.

 

Umbrellas familiar

with rain sit forgotten in

closets with old pairs of shoes.

 

Direwolves prance through rains with tails

held like a tarantula

in molting season beats drums.

 

 

Ashpalt puddles boil with rain.

Against the ground, rain retreats.

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Written by
benjamin-adams
American
Published
Sep 19, 2012
Lines·Words
31·157
Notes

Another Creative Writing Assignment- This time the requirements were:

Use the word "rain" in every sentence.

Have four "strange" similes.

Must be at least 30 lines and have syllabic structure (I made mine 7 syllables per line).

Do not rhyme.

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