Summer showers
by cricketjeff on February 17, 2010. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
Damn that rain!
She laughed at him
holding his briefcase
over his head.
Her umbrella kept her dry
kept her t-shirt white
and let her hair bounce.
The rain ran
past the case
inside his suit
under his collar
into his heart.
And she laughed!
A sound of sunlight
incongruous
and infectious.
He laughed too
put down the case
and shrugged.
Too wet already
what difference could more rain make?
And then
she furled the umbrella …
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