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( ~ )
/ ( • • )\

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she walks alone the dark city streets
Amid the cries of ****

The howls of greedy men

The hungry ******

And her own growling angry lust

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Alone in the rain

She walks an endless night

No love in sight

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Love ?

She no longer knows just what that means

( She never knew - how can she now ? )

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Soaking wet

She sits down on a bench and weeps

Beneath a silent sky

And a deadly timelessness

:::

She is tense

She does not really breathe

Alone and wet

In the dark with grief

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I ' M ALL WET she says

WHAT 'S WRONG WITH ME ?

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a voice replies IT'S RAINING

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She feels a sudden intake of air

A rush of calm

Like a released prayer

A total peace settling in

She looks around

With her own eyes again

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She thinks

IT'S RAINING !

THE PAIN IS FROM WITHOUT

NOT FROM WITHIN

WHATEVER IT IS / ITS NOT OF ME

IM STILL WHOLE

IM STILL FREE

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she vows to sit there the whole night

To  restore time

To restore light

To regain the morning's peace

To feel again the dawn of grace

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The water drips down from her face

She opens her mouth and dares to taste

Once again

The joy of life