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Should Rain Begin to Fall

The canoe kept us

apart

each on our own

hard metal bench,

closer to each other

than we had been

in months.

We rode

finally

in the same direction,

paddling

first on one side,

then the other.

In the calming moments

when rocks were not

running up

to test us,

we found places

to lay our paddles down

and glide

in the quietness.

Both of us

checking

the sky for clouds.

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Published: Nov 8, 2009
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